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...Alfred Schaefer, 60, chief of the Union Bank of Switzerland, and by common consent that nation's foremost commercial banker, was protesting the notoriety thrust upon Swiss banks by the recent troubles of Britain's pound. Long the world's favorite haven for nervous money, Swiss banks have amassed so much of it (fully one-fifth of their $16.6 billion in deposits comes from foreigners) that when their international clientele decided to lighten its sterling holdings, the banks became heavily though unhappily involved in the run on the pound. The Swiss themselves contributed $80 million...
...Corporation consists of the five Fellows of the College, the President and the Treasurer. It acts as a body in determining the policies and day-to-day business of the University, though its major decisions require the consent of the 30-man Board of Overseers...
...work. This is hardly surprising in a papal pronouncement, but it clearly sets the encyclical apart from such purely secular documents as the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Time and again, Pope John argues that the rights of men and governments stem not solely from human consent but from the design of the Creator...
Understandably, the court refuses to consider half-baked briefs and requires amid to ask the consent of all parties before filing. Amid face a formidable critic in the Justice Department, a party to 50% of the court's cases. The Government as a party approves only amid with "relevant arguments" and "substantial interest in the decision...
...court does, however, accept some amicus briefs without the litigants' consent. Last week's liberal Catholic brief requested court approval, for example, because Connecticut withheld consent...