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...outflow of gold and dollars. "We can't cure the balance of payments situation by keeping a few tourists home," said Wisconsin's Congressman John Byrnes, but he conceded that he would vote for the taxes if the President proposed other measures as well to plug the drain...
...find no evidence of bacterial infection. They decided that a virus was to blame and prescribed a simple gargle. Next, too much fluid accumulated in the sac around Blaiberg's new heart, as may happen after cardiac surgery of any type. This necessitated puncturing the sac to drain it. After that, Blaiberg said he felt much better, and the doctors felt confident enough to reduce his already moderate doses of immunosuppressive drugs...
...long as the special payments drain caused by Viet Nam continues-and the war effort should by no means be reduced for monetary reasons-the U.S. will have to take measures that will pinch almost everyone's pocketbook. The President spoke bravely last week, but now he has to show that he-and Congress-have the courage to back oratory with muscle. That means not merely trying to persuade tourists that the Tetons are prettier than the Alps or appealing to businessmen to put patriotism above profits, but enacting tough taxes and rigid rules to discourage travel and investments...
...Beatles, fledgling Impresario Brian Epstein made $14 million, lived with a valet in a town house around the corner from Buckingham Palace, and adopted opulence as a way of life. He made so much money that not even high spending and Britain's high taxes could drain it all. When he died last summer at 32 of an overdose of barbiturates, Epstein left an estate of about $1,200,000, which after taxes and debts comes to $638,400. Epstein had no will, and the money will go to his mother...
...taps of James Joyce. It is not until page 122 that he actually enters the tub. By page 517, he has come to a decision: from now on, the shower for him. By then, it's too late. Orlovitz's waterlogged novel has gone down the drain-a victim of its own sluice-of-life...