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That was when Dr. Guido Carli, now 52, governor of the Bank of Italy and a sound moneyman if ever there was one, took action. Carli traveled to Washington, came back with a $1.2 billion line-of-credit offer. Though little of the credit was actually used, its mere promise helped stabilize the lira. Next, Carli imposed a tight-money policy on Italy's banking system; among other things, banks were limited in the amount of their foreign borrowing. Under prodding from Carli, the Italian government cut its own spending, added taxes on autos and gasoline...
Flying on to Rome in a two-prop U.S. Air Force Convair T-29, Fowler met with Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro, Governor of the Bank of Italy Guido Carli, and Treasury Minister Emilio Colombo. The Italians have been more sympathetic than most Europeans to the U.S. call for reform, and this time the meetings were cordial from the beginning. "We have given our fullest support" to the idea of an international conference, said Minister Colombo as he and Fowler left the meeting. For the first time, Fowler indicated that the U.S. has a time table for reform: talks...
...proud plod under heavy burdens; the envious wander with eyelids sewn shut; the gluttonous gaze at inaccessible fruit. As Dante and Virgil ascend, they meet famous figures of the Middle Ages engaged in the agonies of atonement-among them Pope Adrian V, King Philip the Fair, the poets Guido Guinizelli and Arnaut Daniel. At first the climb is cruelly difficult, but as Dante ascends it becomes easier. Both as a man and a poet, he visibly grows as he goes. In I'lnferno the verse is harsh, immediate, brilliant; in Il Purgatorio it becomes progressively more rich and reflective...
...Bowdoin Prize in Classics to Avotins 2G, of London, Ontario, for to Guido Bonini for Greek; and Christopher P. Jones 3G, of London, an honorable mention in Greek...
Overshadowed by the Boss. One of the most highly respected of the world's moneymen is Guido Carli, 51, the vigorous, brilliant governor of the Bank of Italy, whose tough austerity measures cooled the nation's inflation last year but won him no popularity contests...