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Other Colombian business leaders feel much the same. Says Eduardo Goéz Gutiérrez, the Bogotá stock exchange president, who is a cautious supporter of legalization: "In my opinion, the financial sector is in favor of it." He argues that the big inflow of foreign money to pay for the stuff "is producing inflation and monetary control problems, which would be much easier to handle if marijuana were legalized...
...wives and children of male heads of families already legally settled in Britain; that would chiefly affect nonwhites, since many would-be white immigrants would be admitted under a provision allowing immigration of persons who have a British-born grandparent. Under the Tory plan, the new Commonwealth inflow would drop in twelve months from the 1978 total of 42,939 to as low as 28,000, and would further decline over the next five years to under 5,000 annually. Also, those who are admitted would have to prove they can support themselves without aid while looking for jobs...
...storms are pelting his truck with hail and threatening imminent catastrophe, Moore's language can be impressively scientific. He has caught up with and photographed more than 60 tornadoes in the past eight years, and he speaks expertly of anvils and shears, gust fronts and vortexes, lips and inflow bands...
...procedure would probably make it impossible for GM to make any overseas sales at all. As you recognize, moreover, multinationals "benefit the U.S. because much of their profit is returned home in the form of retained earnings." In 1977 GM's total international transactions resulted in a net inflow to this country of $2.4 billion -certainly a positive contribution to the nation's balance of payments...
That move impeded the inflow of foreign funds, but only for a short while. Clever Swiss bankers soon devised a new technique whereby foreigners could continue to channel funds into Switzerland without incurring the interest penalties. The bankers simply accepted the deposits in fiduciary accounts. Under Switzerland's strict secrecy laws, the depositor would remain nameless, and the bankers would handle the funds in their own manner for the benefit of the depositor. Or so it was supposed to work...