Word: extends
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After killing Britain's proposed Western European Free Trade Area (TIME, Dec. 1), the French had agreed to extend to outside nations the same 10% tariff cuts and 20% import quota increases promised to the members of the Common Market. This was as far as the protectionist-minded French intended to go. They would not grant to outsiders the Common Market provision to raise import quotas in each category to at least 3% of a nation's home production (which would allow a lot more German Volkswagens than British Hillman Minxes into France). To the British charge...
...Netherlands. Premier Willem Drees and his Labor Party (Socialists), who hold 50 out of 150 seats in Parliament, wanted to extend last year's higher taxes for two more years. The Catholic People's Party (49 seats) partner of the Socialists for twelve years, wanted a one-year extension. Down went Drees...
...undefeated varsity squash team will attempt to extend its winning streak to three straight this afternoon at 4:15 p.m. when it meets M.I.T. on the Engineers' eourt. M.I.T. is not expected to provide much opposition for the Crimson, since it was shut out 9-0 by Army in its last outing...
...buttons on a keyboard, operators can register each of Macy's 40,000 daily charge sales on tape, which is later fed to a computer. It sorts the bills, tots them up, prepares the bills for the customer, registers the return payments. Macy's may even extend N.C.R.'s system to inventory control, get daily reports on everything in stock, be able to increase its return on investment by 10% to 15%. Says N.C.R. Chairman Stanley Charles ("Chick") Allyn, 67: "The stage is set for a revolutionary change in the handling of paperwork...
...similar decision, members of Kirkland House recently expressed interest in a proposal to extend Friday night parietal hours to 10 p.m. in the Junior Common Room...