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...part, Soviet accusations of alleged American espionage have been motivated by the Kremlin's desire to divert domestic discontent against foreign scapegoats. By arousing fear of foreign "spies," the Kremlin has sought to break down the attraction of Western culture for the Soviet people...
Weakened Willingness. The U.S. feels that if the Russians want to trade, they should be forced to use up their meager gold reserves and not be granted what they want-long-term credits. Such credits would release massive Soviet investment for military needs and divert free-world resources from aid to underdeveloped nations...
Executives will also divert much of the fresh cash to expand and improve their plants. McGraw-Hill's annual survey of capital spending plans, out this week, predicts that businessmen's capital budgets in 1964 will jump 6% to $42 billion. Other economists foresee increases in capital spending up to 8%-which would help to keep the expansion going...
...three seconds, probably the lowest in U.S. politics. No member of the U.S. Senate has a rating of more than 15 minutes, with the exception of Everett Dirksen, whose coefficient of three hours and 25 minutes Dr. McLandress attributes to his "almost unique inability to divert his thoughts from the public interest." Lowest ratings in the Senate are held by Oregon Democrat Wayne Morse and New York Republican Jacob Javits, who both score four minutes...
...student, Keats knew long before this that he was as good as dead anyway. He struggled to make his death easier for Joseph Severn, the kind but ineffectual painter who nursed him. Severn had never seen anyone die. Keats punned "a hundred times a day" and made jokes to divert him. "Severn," he gasped when the final moment came, "lift me up-I am dying." Then he added reassuringly, "Don't be afraid...