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Alternatively, the European governments could clamp tighter controls on currency exchanges and capital movements, mostly in an attempt to keep out dollars, which Common Market countries hold far in excess of their needs. That step is favored by France's Giscard, a vehement opponent of currency flotations. This might quiet the markets, but it would constitute a partial reversal of the post-World War II trend toward freer movement of goods and money across national borders. Some combination of floats and controls is also possible...
...listed some in a private memo. For example, the commission could step up surveillance of supermarket profit margins, try harder to detect possible attempts to sell low-quality meat at premium prices, and insist that stores post more detailed price lists. As a last-ditch measure, the commission could clamp a temporary freeze on retail meat prices, hoping that store owners would then exert anti-inflationary pressure on their supply lines to the farmers...
...aspect of Soviet life that remains the same is the government's attitude toward intellectual dissent, equated with disloyalty. The Jewish question festers, though a clamp on immigration to Israel that was in force when I left two years ago has since been eased. Some Jews, like the outstanding poet, Joseph Brodsky, are being pressured by officials to go to Israel, although they prefer to remain in Russia. Still, there are glimmerings. The controversial film Andrei Rublyov, based on the life of the 15th century monk who founded a new school of icon painting, was recently released after...
...large majority was a massive expression of public confidence in Lynch. The Prime Minister, who is no friend of the I.R.A., might now use his added political stature to clamp down on the organization, whose officers in Dublin direct the terror campaign in Northern Ireland. That could conceivably lead to closer cooperation between Dublin and London in seeking a long-range political solution to the troubles of Ulster...
...separate or disengage from the wheel, or to jam, bringing the car to an abrupt halt. Thus far, 16 such failures have occurred, causing one injury. Ford, still uncertain about the cause of the trouble, does not plan to replace the bearing unit. Instead, dealers will install a clamp on the axle both to alert and protect the driver; the clamp will increase the screeching noise that occurs when unusual wear begins and will hold everything together for at least 100 miles...