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...been AID'S deputy administrator since 1964. A Yale-educated lawyer, Gaud (pronounced Gowd) began his public service as assistant corporation counsel for New York City under Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who thought Gaud was qualified to become mayor himself some day. An army colonel in charge of lend-lease operations for the China-Burma-India theater during World War II, Gaud put in a brief postwar stint as special assistant to War Secretary Robert Patterson, then went into private practice in New York City. Not until 1961 did he return to public service to direct aid programs...
...this year, the bill came to $8.7 billion, nearly 17% more than last year. Partly to pay their taxes, and partly to finance expansion plans, companies abruptly reduced their long-term "certificates of deposits" in commercial banks by nearly $500 million, thereby diminishing the resources that banks have to lend...
MORGAN! Polished performances by Vanessa Redgrave and David Warner lend luster to an oddball comedy about an eccentric London painter who woos his former wife gorilla-style...
...Porcellian is reputed to hold the most elegant "punches," the weekend outings to which would-be members are invited for inspection. With more local graduates to choose from--the Porcellian is partial to Old Boston families--the club can always find a wealthy alumnus who will lend his palatial residence and spacious lawns to the club for a raucous afternoon of football and drinking, usually carried on simultaneously. Skeet shooting, bowls, or other forms of leisurely recreation are sometimes provided for the less energetic...
...central point or idea has been ignored and I find myself embroiled in a silly controversy over some minor observation which could as well have been left out of the speech. I think you have responsibility for conveying the essence of messages and not just those parts which lend themselves to controversy." As for the brothel remark, said Fulbright, it was intended to illustrate the "general proposition that rich and strong nations have a powerful impact on small and weak ones. Frankly, it never occurred to me that a brief summary of an article by Neil Sheehan...