Word: cinches
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...handful of sopranos have felt equal to the task of impersonating one of the most complex, heroic and appealing roles in opera. The latest soprano in the noble line of Normas is blonde Greek-Argentine Elena Suliotis, 25, who makes the role's demands sound like a cinch. But to entice those who already own the superb Callas Norma, or Sutherland's less successful try, London has reduced this album's price by cutting the score. Yet quality prevails. Everyone involved-from engineers to Conductor Silvio Varviso-has outdone himself...
...Tighter Cinch. Along with its discount-rate boost, the Federal Reserve lifted, from 51% to 61%, the maximum interest that commercial banks are permitted to pay on large time deposits-money left with a bank for a specified period. The new ceiling applies to "certificates of deposit" of $100,000 or more with maturities of six months or longer. By this action, the Fed hopes to prevent sharp deposit losses, which would further disrupt the already nervous financial markets...
...same amount to another record, reaching an annual rate of $659 billion. Though the total economy expanded by $20 billion, 40% of that record growth was mere inflation. If that continues, along with balance of payments and budget deficits, the Federal Reserve may well feel forced to cinch up the monetary corset still tighter...
Along with much of the country, publishers' row figured Lyndon Johnson a cinch for renomination, re-election and reexamination. That was a costly caper, not only for the sponsors of impending paeans such as The Case for Lyndon B. Johnson (Coward-McCann) but also for those who had hoped for easy pickings from a crop of anti-Johnsonia. Even a sympathetic study, the forthcoming A Very Personal Presidency by TIME White House Correspondent Hugh Sidey, stands in need of extensive updating. Taking account of the backlash of sentiment for the President, New American Library has already dropped plans...
...Harvard can beat all three Cornell, Brown, and Princeton--the Ivy title will be a cinch, for the remaining games against Williams, Dartmouth, and Yale should pose no problem...