Word: cuts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...past twelvemonth the nation's psychological climate had changed significantly. A bustle of hopeful activity hummed up & down Petrarch', "fair land which Apennines cut in twain "' seas and Alps surround." After a worrisome winter drought, the cypress groves of Tuscany and the rocky pastures of the south were turning a promising green under welcome rains. Along the Via Appia, middle-class families spread picnic lunches of bread, salami and strong red wine. From Venice to Capri hotels and restaurants looked forward to a season of 2,000,000 tourists, bringing American dollars and British pounds. The springtime...
...foot of the shaft. From his pocket, Egyptologist Guinet-Chaplain whipped a new, three-inch cigarette lighter, positively guaranteed to light in the highest wind, at any altitude. While his assistant Mario brandished the parasol and harangued the crowd by walkie-talkie from. the monument's top (see cut), Guinet-Chaplain proceeded to demonstrate the lighter's virtues. Eventually, two firemen climbed the ladder and escorted young Mario down. A disillusioned official at the Prefecture muttered sadly: "They abused our trust." In court, the pair were charged with "outrage of the magistrature...
Churchill preserved a dignified silence. Although more & more people felt that it was time for the West to establish some sort of clear-cut relationship with Franco Spain, the Caudillo's invective had won him no friends in Britain, and his coos had moved Washington not a whit. Said one madrileño last week: "We are alone, and always will be-until," he added hopefully, "something happens...
...budget, Canada had cut off the 15% wartime excise tax on air and rail tickets (TIME, May 23). In the U.S., a 15% tax was still on. The knowing traveler simply mailed his ticket order to a Canadian office (or went in person if he lived at a border point such as Detroit or Buffalo) and saved himself the amount of the tax. Sample saving on a round trip from Washington to Los Angeles...
Last week, as the two men sat down together again, it looked as if Perón had begun to take some of the ambassador's advice. The government had just announced that trade debts to U.S. banks, once over $300 million, had been cut to half that figure, would henceforth be systematically reduced by applying against the debt one-fifth of the dollars the U.S. pays for Argentine goods. To stimulate U.S. trade, imports & exports hitherto state-traded would be allowed to revert to private hands. Most important of all, Argentina would sell its crop surpluses at going...