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...resident of Thailand since 1946, Thompson had almost singlehanded made Thai silk and its shimmering colors world-renowned, and thus created a major export asset for the grateful Thais. But Thompson was more than a businessman; he was also a collector of Oriental objets d'art who filled his opulent Bangkok home with priceless porcelains and religious figures. He loved to roam through the jungle, searching for old ruins and occasionally kicking up a Buddha's head. One afternoon last week, when his hosts had retired to rest, he left their house without a word and went...
...familiar figure in Manhattan nightspots in the '30s. When he was named chairman of the New York Stock Exchange in 1938, President Roosevelt told him: "Your job is the worst in the world-next to mine." After leaving the exchange, Martin served as president of the Export-Import Bank, then as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He was named chairman of the Fed in 1951 by Harry Truman-no fiscal conservative...
...Status, No Seat. Prosperous on its own and already privy to such Western money sources as the International Monetary Fund (of which it is the only Communist member), Yugoslavia is not after cash so much as other kinds of capital. To compete in export markets, Yugoslavian companies sorely need Western patents, processes, sales contacts and simple managerial know...
...Israel's mitun was designed to right a lopsided economy living far beyond its means. Fueled by inflationary wage increases along with a demand for foreign TV sets, autos and other frills that Sapir calls sheer "gluttony," Israel's imports until recently have soared far beyond its exports. So large is its trade deficit that the Israeli pound is threatened with devaluation. In an effort to stave off that embarrassment, Sapir moved to cut consumption by raising import duties and holding down wages. He also tried to force more workers into crucial export industries by holding...
There seems to be no letup in Britain's export of talented kids: first the pop singers, then the clothing designers, now a precocious novelist who will be around for a long time. At 19, Caroline Glyn, a great-granddaughter of Elinor Glyn, is technically a teenager, but in skill and imagination she is a veteran. Her first novel, Don't Knock the Corners Off, was a winning, blithe schoolgirl adventure that knocked all four corners off an English education-and she was 15 when she wrote it. In her third novel, Oldtimer Glyn looks again into...