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...help that Manley's forced-draft programs have turned a $9,800,000 treasury surplus into a $115 million debt. Jamaica can no longer count on London for money, having dropped out of the West Indies Federation, leaving the nine other British islands in the Caribbean to fend for themselves...
...little girl is most acutely felt. One successful counterattack against the trend is group action. In Charlotte, N.C., for example, some parents have organized a Parents' League to set up "recommendations" for social activities from the sixth grade on. By mutually standing fast, they have been able to fend off that age-old blackmail of the young, "Well, Susie's mother lets her . . ." Sixth-grade parties are all male or all female, and they end by 9 p.m. Seventh-graders can learn ballroom dancing, but social dances and dating are discouraged. Double dating is allowed in the ninth...
...once he was emperor, Wilhelm decided he could fend for himself. He grew his famous bristling mustache, swaggered more than ever. For company he surrounded himself with a crew of homosexuals who found politics tedious...
...Striving to fend off the mounting wrath of Wall Street investors over movie-making losses that have risen to more than $30 million in the past three years, 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. last week elected amiable Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, 66, chairman of the board. Lawyer Rosenman. former adviser to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, will preside at the often explosive executive committee meetings, though President Spyros P. Skouras will still be in operating control. "The Judge will provide a very stabilizing influence," said one executive...
...strike. This leaves the U.S. flanks with little protection, despite the fact that many Soviet submarines have missiles that could reach at least 43 of the 50 largest U.S. cities, containing 85% of U.S. indus trial capacity. The Navy's antisubmarine net is not considered tight enough to fend all of them...