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...twist the issue into one of press freedom is ludicrous. TIME Canada has not been forbidden to publish, nor have its contents been in any way censored. Parliament has simply seen fit, as has our own Congress on many occasions, to structure its tax laws to protect home industry and thereby preserve national economic vigor. I say bully for Canadian identity...
...loan associations or even credit unions. Further, consumers could turn to an S and L for a car or boat loan, to a mutual savings bank for a credit card, or to a credit union for a trust account-all services that these "thrift institutions" are now legally forbidden to offer...
...proposed Financial Institutions Act of 1976, a bill that would force the most sweeping changes in the nation's financial system since the Depression. The bill would wipe away many of the present distinctions between commercial banks and thrift institutions (though not all; the thrifts would still be forbidden to make business loans). It would also concentrate the regulation of banks in a single new federal agency...
Performers at the Tabernacle may not have to be totally devout, but behavior must be impeccable. Soprano Roberta Peters inadvertently caused a scandal once when she was served a cup of tea onstage during rehearsal; tea and coffee are forbidden the Mormons. So are alcoholic beverages. Pianist Jose Iturbi narrowly avoided greater disaster when a bottle of Scotch broke on the floor of his Tabernacle dressing room. A kindly janitor cleaned it up, and kept his mouth shut...
...bitter winter wind churned up the North Atlantic waves last week, the Icelandic gunboat Thor headed for a covey of British fishing trawlers that had moved into a forbidden conservation area. Guarding the trawlers, the British frigate Yarmouth kept close cover on Thor. While both vessels were running closely abreast at a brisk 16 knots, one of them-the accounts differ-veered toward the other. Warning blasts were sounded, engines were thrown full astern. It was too late. Yarmouth's bow sliced into Thor, ripping away the starboard wing of the gunboat's bridge...