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...Just to dip my index finger...
...major causes of this progress were a marked decline in mortgage interest rates and a dip in automobile prices as dealers discounted heavily to get sales going fast after the General Motors strike. On the other hand, services continued their steady march upward (except for the mortgage rates, which, like other non-goods, are considered services). Food prices rose more than usual for the early part of the year. Considering that they might be forced higher by an impending corn blight and the drought in the Southwest, and that neither mortgage rates nor auto prices are likely to fall further...
...surprisingly large reserves of hard Western currency. They always pay their bills in convertible currencies, often Swiss francs. The money comes from the sale abroad of Chinese foodstuffs, textiles, flashlights, bicycles and other small manufactured goods. The customers who supply the cash are mostly in Asia, and they gladly dip into their own meager reserves. "Frankly," says a Republic of Singapore trade official, "the Chinese goods help dampen inflation here because they're so cheap...
...betting parlors in Forest Hills and Grand Central Station and a phone joint pulled in a nifty $62,306! But like you said, Al, where's the class? No leaning over the rail cheering them babies home, no hanging around the paddock with Charlie Highpockets and Danny the Dip. Just stand in line-hoo, boy, what lines!-and place your bets...
...COST IN MEN. By some time in 1972, while troop levels are still up around 35,000, U.S. casualties could dip to no more than five or six men a week, predicts one high-ranking State Department official. The South Vietnamese will by then be doing almost all of the ground fighting; the Americans will be limited to defense-the kind of routine local security provided by MPs at the gates and in the watchtowers...