Word: economice
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unlikely to Be Lost. Sensing an opening, the Soviets immediately dispatched a five-man economic mission to Lima with promises of economic aid and help in running Peru's oil industry. It is an open question exactly how much aid the Soviets could render, but their apparent willingness to...
He was not home long. Having raised money and the support of Fordham University, he set off to Cuernavaca to establish a training center for a new kind of missionary for priest-poor Latin America. The Illich missionaries-priests, nuns, laymen-were to become a sort of Catholic peace corps...
Sales Down. The Tobacco Institute, spokesman for the industry, called the FCC's proposed ban "arbitrary in the extreme." A number of Congressmen from North Carolina, Kentucky and other primary tobacco-growing states also raised objections. They had some important economic arguments. Altogether 18 states raise tobacco in significant...
U.S. corporate chiefs, who have long complained of a profits squeeze, fared better in 1968 than they had any reason to expect. They were beset by rising labor and material costs, year-long predictions of imminent economic slow down and the 10% income tax surcharge. But the slowdown never materialized...
Europe's Advantage. The U.S.'s Committee for Economic Development, a group of top executives, argues that VAT should be considered as a partial replacement for corporate income taxes. Congress so far shows no inclination to consider such fundamental changes. In Geneva, American negotiators have been pushing for...