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...strength? To the alarm of many of its allies who had helped the Germans in their time of trouble, West Germany is acting like a penny- pinching miser among nations, more intent on adding to its riches than on taking its responsible place in the world as a major creditor nation...
...Under Secretary of State Douglas Dillon joined in: "The eyes of the struggling people of the newly developing countries are upon us. They are looking in particular to the leading creditor countries, especially in continental Western Europe,* for an effort more in line with their capacities. For the safety and progress of the free world we must see to it that their hopes in this regard...
Guinea's President Sékou Touré is against offending any possible creditor. East or West, Communist or democratic; see FOREIGN NEWS, The Big Hello...
...Japanese had rebuilt their country so fast that they had been able to send $1.2 billion worth of investments overseas (including a Bank of Tokyo branch in Los Angeles), and had become a creditor instead of a debtor nation for the first time in history...
...Parkman had inherited a large amount of money, some of which he lent to a colleague, Dr. John White Webster. A professor at the Medical School for a quarter-century, Webster had luxurious tastes beyond his means. Parkman became furious with his debtor when he discovered that both another creditor and himself had been given the same bill of sale as security. He pursued Webster relentlessly and finally made an appointment to see the latter at his laboratory to collect the debt...