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...Later, when Congress, piqued by anti-U.S. riots in Puerto Rico, briefly considered an independence bill that would have pushed the island outside U.S. tariff walls, Muñoz had switched his views so much that he likened the bill to the Latin American ley de fuga-the custom of freeing a prisoner and shooting him in the back "while he escapes...
...Seaton plan touched off a burst of speculation in the metal. Copper futures rose briefly; custom smelters boosted their prices 1? to 26? per Ib., and the free market price of copper on the London Metal Exchange rose to 25? per Ib., highest since September 1957, before it fell back. Though domestic stocks of refined copper are 253,463 tons, highest since World War II, traders figured that the stockpiling could cut down the surplus, pave the way for a rise from the 25?-per-lb. price still maintained by primary producers. But copper miners pointed out that any real...
...even before Callas quit, Tebaldi made a surprising maneuver: she announced that she would not sing at La Scala without Callas. "I sing only for artistic reasons; it is not my custom to sing against anybody," she said. Groaned Manager Ghiringhelli: "This is a stab in the back." To some critics and subscribers, a Scala with no top diva seemed a disaster. Others considered the price well worth the exit of Callas. "She corrupts public taste," cried the Giorno critic. "She lowers the noble assembly of the theater to the level of an arena...
...school dances and such it was the custom for ten or a dozen smooth-faced young singers to array themselves on the stage during intermissions. This was the signal to head for the tall grass with your lady love. But now the Dunster Dunces have put out another record and we can all catch up on what was missed...
Some of Calcutta's prostitutes have begun marrying the pimps they work for, on the theory that no court could prosecute a husband for bringing "friends" home for dinner. In one Uttar Pradesh area, police faced another difficulty: by custom, a girl can take on as many lovers as she wishes, so long as she lives in her father's house...