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...Dearer Martinis. The price of furniture and of men's clothing will rise about 5% in the fall, and several major shoemakers last week announced the industry's first general price rise in six years: about 5% on low-priced shoes and much more-up to $2 for a $20 pair-on higher-priced lines. Although food prices are expected to edge down again after their startling climb, people are generally paying more for meals in restaurants; some restaurants even tack apologetic little notices onto the menu announcing that they must add an extra charge to steak, crab...
...making money dearer, the government hopes 1) to discourage British businessmen from expanding too rapidly and importing too much, and 2) to force them to resist new wage increases demanded by the unions, thus helping to bring exports into line with imports. Higher interest may be the answer for Britain's current ills, but it is bad news for the U.S. Though the U.S. gold outflow has been wrestled under control in the past five months, Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon recently urged European countries not to raise their interest rates this year, to avoid attracting dollars from...
...student, no institution is dearer than his library and its friendly circulation desk. On the night before a final exam his love of the place is unbounded, surmounting even smell, wonks, and inscrutable lighting. Last night the love was unrequited because of a few gentle snowflakes. Not rain nor sleet nor snow will stop the United States Mail. The men who staff Lamont are not made of such stern stuff...
...would have bent in 1948 under the powerful pressure of the great propaganda machine turned on them by several countries." In an access of enthusiasm, the congress delegates broke into a song that rates high on the Belgrade Hit Parade. "The more lies, the more slanders," they sang, "the dearer Tito...
...Dearer Prize. In Russian eyes Poland is a greater prize and a greater risk than Hungary. Poland is industrialized, populous (27.5 million) and strategically lodged between Berlin and Moscow. Hungary is agricultural, far less populous (9,800,000) and relatively remote. The Polish army has 25 divisions (to Hungary's 15) -or numerically more divisions than France. Britain...