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...these developments, Washington feels, will impel the rich nations in the so-called Group of Ten to hasten their efforts toward an agreement on a new international currency to supplement dollars, pounds and gold in world trade, as the U.S. has been urging. The problem, of course, is old, and even in the relatively uncomplicated days of 1720, English Satirist Jonathan Swift recognized it in a memorable quatrain...
Continued intervention by the U.S. -- whether by unilateral invasion, or under the cover of a regional peace-keeping force -- will only hasten the "totalitarian takeovers" which the Administration is pledged to prevent. Our Dominican policy has convinced Latin Americans that the U.S. will back right-wing civilian or military regimes if there is a possibility that a new government would have communist collaboration...
Among those most disturbed by Los Angeles' race riot this summer was Pope Paul VI; the tragedy of Watts moved him to hasten a decision to appoint an American Negro bishop. Last week, on the eve of his historic flight to New York, Pope Paul announced his choice: the Rev. Harold R. Perry, 48, superior of the Southern province of the Society of the Divine Word. Perry's post: auxiliary bishop of New Orleans. Announcing the appointment, New Orleans' Archbishop Philip Hannan-himself raised to that position only three days earlier-said warmly, "We welcome the first...
...would like to be one of many librarians who wish to congratulate you on your excellent article on libraries [Sept. 3]. This story will hasten the day when the classic image of the librarian will be destroyed forever. Many outside the profession do not realize the tremendous task facing librarians trying to get information to patrons as quickly as possible...
...HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA. Based on Richard Hughes's classic novel about the corruptive power of young innocents, this lively adventure film follows seven captive children as they hasten the ruin of a dissolute pirate captain (Anthony Quinn) and his raffish crew...