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...House, by a 256-to-134 vote, gave the Administration another win in authorizing the U.S. purchase of up to $100 million in U.N. bonds. The House version differs slightly from that passed by the Senate five months ago: it would forbid the U.S. to buy more than the total amount subscribed by other member nations. The Senate bill authorized outright purchase of $25 million-with the rest, up to the $100 million ceiling, to be bought only if the U.S. purchases were matched by other nations. The difference will be ironed out in a House-Senate conference...
...Tenth may not be Mahler's, but in time it could conceivably become the accepted version. When the copyright on the manuscript runs out, and after that, notes one Mahler enthusiast, anyone could do anything with the Tenth-"even turn it into a musical comedy. God forbid...
...forbid that I should ever commit myself to a "retirement" city. Granted that my bones will creak, my hair will grey, but to cut myself off from the swingy zing of the mainstream of life would really make...
What concerns Ullastres is Spain's industry and commerce-creaky, antiquated, often monopolistic. Among its worst aspects are those crude relics of fascism, the labor-management Sindicatos, which fix workers' wages as well as employers' prices, forbid strikes by workers or layoffs by bosses. Collective bargaining within the syndicates has been allowed in the past three years, but government red tape and inflexible employers have left the ordinary workers of Spain embittered...
...theologians will flock to Rome, many for their first view of the city. Urged Pope John, in a 4,500-word letter to Romans: Pray for "mortification of lust, aversion to mundane pomp and detachment from excessive avidity of riches . . . We like to call Rome a Holy City. God forbid it become a city of perversion...