Word: importance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...belt-tightening measure intended to save money for national defense, India last week decreed an end to the import of foreign liquor. After existing stocks of Scotch and brandy are used up, Indian drinkers will have to depend on such local specialties as palm wine, rose petal liquor and a brew of saffron musk...
Only a handful of foreign automakers succeeded in bucking this trend. Volkswagen, the No. 1 import, increased its sales from 203,000 to 225,000. More surprising was the performance of Britain's Standard-Triumph, which increased its sales 50%, from 12,000 to 18,000 cars, and leapfrogged from sixth to third place among imported makes...
Scotch consumption in France was held down by miniscule import quotas until 1960. But in 1961 the French imported 841,459 gal., and by the end of this year will have drunk considerably more. Cognac, however, is not on the rocks: during the same period its worldwide sales jumped from about 9 million to some 13 million bottles...
Meanwhile, in anticipation of stepping up his sales to the Common Market still more, Stratos has drawn up a $30 million plan to double P.-P.'s plant capacity, and has applied to the Export-Import Bank for a $3,000,000 loan to kick off the expansion program...
Hidden under the Treadway Motel is Moda Boutique, an import shop carrying Milanese knit suits (which range in price from $25 to $150) and outfits from Capri, Israel and Austria. The shop carries a fine assortment of basic lingerie, too. One of its specialities is blouses, made to your measurements in four days from Italian silk scarves you select yourself...