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Then again during the second World War, America threw her weight on the side of freedom and humanitarianism against Fascism and the totalitarian states, paying for the freedom of the world with her blood. Once the cataclysm was over, she again mounted a vast program of generous aid and assistance to Allied countries, as well as to former enemies. This had no parallel in the annals of mankind and eventually transformed the destinies of those nations. It is also a sign of the great resilience of the American nation that out of all the upheavals of the past 200 years...
...case of Iran, America has at all times symbolized right and justice, and this attitude has always been spontaneous on her part and heartening to us. This was best exemplified by the invaluable and truly generous assistance offered to my country through President Truman's Point Four and other aid programs, which were of inestimable and timely help to us in the critical postwar years...
...Time Inc., the first in the company's 54-year history. During negotiations Time Inc. had already reached agreement with the Guild on many benefits and improvements, but several major issues remain in dispute. The company regrets the strike action because it considered its contract proposals fair and generous. Throughout the strike, Time Inc will continue to publish, on the usual schedule, all its magazines-TIME, FORTUNE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, PEOPLE, MONEY -as well as TIME-LIFE Books...
...seriously." She likes to travel, but sightseeing is "purgatory" because "you seldom see anything-either too many people or too many press." With her husband Mark Phillips, she enjoyed visiting the U.S. in 1975, "but always in someone's private house or garden. They [the Americans] were very generous -or, to use an old-fashioned word, discreet." However, what she dislikes most, says Britain's reining princess, is being watched "when I'm having the most awful row with my horse...
...members in the Diet are businessmen dabbling in politics, full-time politicians, a sprinkling of former civil servants and even entertainers. The L.D.P. has roughly half a dozen major factions, and like feudal fiefdoms of old, they are constantly forming and dissolving alliances-and buying support with generous amounts of money...