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...borrowed funds. Normally, the other eleven district Reserve Banks soon fall into line with such shifts, but this time there were signs of dissent and delay. The key New York Federal Reserve Bank, which frequently takes a more conservative view of monetary matters than the Washington board, let word leak out that it was miffed at the timing. By week's end, only the Richmond Reserve Bank had followed Minneapolis' lead. Still, few if any bankers really expected the holdouts to persist over a very long period of time...
...life trying without success to topple the government of Bolivia. Ironically, Che has come close to doing in death what he could not achieve in life. Last week the 14-man Cabinet of Bolivia's President René Barrientos resigned in the embarrassed furor following the leak of Che's diary to his old boss, Fidel Castro...
...dilute the gin and tonic the way old-fashioned ice cubes do. And if Mother has bought pink ones shaped like elephants, the kiddies tend to clamor for them in softer drinks. But the freeze balls, made in Hong Kong and filled with water there, are apt to leak. When they do, the medical effects can be more chilling than the customer bargained...
...candidate also can-and does-leak his private polls to the press, particularly when they show him ahead. A favorable poll more than pays for its cost (about $10,000 for a medium-sized state) by swelling the campaign war chest. Says Nixon: "When the polls go good for me, the cash register really rings." On the other hand, a candidate does not want to appear to be a shoo-in, lest his campaign workers slow down and his voters stay home on Election Day. The art of selective leaking is to make it appear that the candidate...
...room on the third floor, a newcomer from out of town, an Outside Agitator, advised one of the veterans from the liberated buildings. "I've seen this kind of strike before. It'll never work, that's for sure. You'll never hold it. Kirk will leak the story that the Selective Service is going to draft all strikers and that seniors aren't going to get their diplomas. Don't stick your neck out. What you need now is an honorable withdrawal. Peace with honor, you know?" The veteran, who hadn't changed his clothes or slept more than...