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Knight. When he had finished, the pen, the checkbook, and the smile on the prospect's face had vanished. Goodie left emptyhanded...
...France is more than a diplomatic bobble; the fact remains that there is no one else in France today who combines his influence and his capability for decisive action. Some Americans criticize him because, unlike his predecessors, he does not keep one eye constantly cocked towards Uncle Sam's checkbook. Others accuse him of selling out because he would not gamble the fate of his government on the passage of E.D.C. But Mendes-France is the first post-war French premier who has followed a policy based on a broad conception of his country's national interest. Too much...
Check Records. A checkbook with carbon paper inserts similar to a sales-slip book was put on the market by Mor-Ezy Co. of Dallas. When a depositor writes a check, the carbon copy serves as a record...
...average citizen, the federal budget is as unintelligible as a careless housewife's checkbook. It also baffles experts. The Hoover Commission, after a long look, called it "an inadequate document, poorly organized and improperly designed." Yet even with recent improvements, the method of computing the budget makes it hard to talk about Government finances and make sense. For example, the Administration expects a budget deficit of $3.8 billion in the current fiscal year; yet also hopes its cash income will fall short of outgo by only $500 million...
...worker since she was enrolled as a baby sitter at the age of 10. Ike's second Mormon appointee (the first: Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson), she has always managed the family budget for her husband (a wholesale furniture dealer) and three children, proudly boasts that "my checkbook always balances." As Treasurer her main job will be to do the same for the Treasury's accounts and to sign her name to all U.S. currency, thus...