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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...supplemented his lieutenant's pay with some off-duty wheeling and dealing that enabled him to drive a Cadillac. After discharge, Lieut. Bilko decided to stay in the Philippines, where the living was easy. He made a nest egg selling Christmas cards, soon graduated to army surplus. When import restrictions went up on U.S. cigarettes, Stonehill began growing Virginia tobacco in the hills, became the Philippines' biggest cigarette baron. His own brand: Puppies...
...Figures. By Washington's reckoning the aid figures are impressive−$866 million pumped into Latin America thus far, another $234 million earmarked. But the totals can be misleading. The U.S. has been sending aid to Latin America for years through a bevy of Government agencies: the Export-Import Bank, the Development Loan Fund, Point Four, and others. Lumped together, as they now are under the Alliance, these bits and pieces amounted to an average of $504 million each year in 1959 and 1960. The $866 million total for the Alliance, when spread over 17 months, does not represent...
...pilots. Amid fireworks, throngs hurried to the fairgrounds on Gezira island, wandered through airy pavilions and outdoor exhibits crammed with Egyptian-made products, including Fiat cars, five-ton trucks, Ma Griffe perfume and Odorono deodorant, all locally manufactured under license. As a nation that a decade ago had to import even matches, Egypt could feel proud of real progress...
...Premier's demands, but did not. While the ministers argued over the budget (two even came to blows), the financial crisis deepened, partly as a result of Amini's realistic reforms. The Treasury lost a major source of revenue after a ban on foreign luxury goods reduced import duties to almost zero; the punctured inflationary balloon resulted in a recession...
...grain in sterling, and Australia has bought relatively few Chinese products in return. B. F. Hsu, chief of the Red Chinese trade mission currently in Australia, wants to change all that. "We have helped Australia a lot by taking your grain," says Hsu. "Now we want you to import our textiles, minerals and toys...