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...heir, the Shah reportedly has already decided to name him Cyrus-after ancient Persia's Cyrus the Great. The baby is due in late October, and the Shah plans gala celebrations early next year for the 2,500th anniversary of Cyrus' empire. which once stretched from the Indus to the shores of Greece...
Today's growth stocks may claim their title for many reasons. Most of them are found in new or rapidly changing indus tries that are either riding new trends or testing new frontiers of knowledge: electronics and missiles, which have spawned some of the best performers; recreation and leisure, where such firms as Brunswick Corp. (bowling equipment) and NAFI Corp. (pleasure boats) have profited by the move to the suburbs and extra leisure time; drugs, where an outpouring of new products has brightened the future of such firms as Schering and Merck; vending machines, which promise to bring...
...Halleck. New York's Old Guard John Taber, longtime aid trimmer, led the disciplined Republican ranks in bidding for $200 million more for military assistance (total: $1.8 billion), which the Democrats supported. In return, Halleck & Co. voted to restore U.S. aid ($515 million over ten years) to the Indus River project for India and Pakistan, a favorite liberal cause. On the strength of that quid pro quo, the coalition scored a smashing 212-173 roll-call victory, passed the aid bill to the openhanded Senate, which will likely push it close to Ike's original figure...
...city on an island three days' sail down the Persian Gulf. Merchants from Ur traded there, and clay-written records tell that they brought woolen goods, returning with cargoes of copper, ivory and gold. This suggests that Dilmun acted as middleman between Mesopotamia and the civilization of the Indus Valley in Pakistan. In both places have been found a few peculiar, disk-shaped stone seals. Since most Mesopotamian seals are cylindrical and Indus seals are square, archaeologists have long speculated that the disk-shaped seals were made in Dilmun, the in-between place...
...military-type aid, from this year's $1.3 billion to $2 billion next year. In the request for economic-type aid, totaling $2.2 billion, the Administration shifted from a buckshot to a bullet approach, aiming sizable funds at a few key areas: black Africa, free China and the Indus River development project for India and Pakistan, to be financed jointly by the U.S., the British Commonwealth and West Germany...