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Last week, on the Shah's promise to make the required reforms, the International Monetary Fund promised to advance $35 million, and to forbear collecting another $17.5 million lent to Iran earlier for monetary stabilization. The U.S. also agreed to come through with additional credits. In return, Iran promised 1) to tighten up on unnecessary imports, 2) reduce government spending not needed for economic development, 3) halt the inflation of bank credit that last year alone boosted Iran's price level...
...Kennedy family, enough brisk young Harvardmen, enough seasoned toilers from the primaries to blanket the entire U.S. In some states, Bobby settled for second-rate, amateurish local leaders; in others, imported Kennedymen were hampered by local feuds and politicians jealous of outside intruders. Some states, such as Indiana, lent themselves to a formula of the local organization and the volunteers working together in happy harmony under the direction of a coordinator from headquarters. In a few places, such as Montana, the tough young Kennedy corps took over completely. In other states, such as Pennsylvania, Bobby soon discovered that the most...
...knead after another. One woman could not get her Danish rolls to rise because of the air conditioning in baking headquarters at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C.; another forgot her spectacles and could not see to pick the stems off the raisins (a Pillsbury vice president thoughtfully lent her his). Another sent Pillsbury staffers scurrying about to find bleached pumpkin seeds (they had given her unbleached ones...
...Hanover, 37, Kaiser Wilhelm II's grandson and the brother of Queen Frederika of Greece, a German-educated doctor of laws and writer about the legal problems of space; and Princess Alexandra of Ysembourg-Büdingen, 22, a fine-featured brunette, who wore a crown of diamonds lent by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II; in Büidingen, Germany, before 800 guests including Frederika and King Paul...
...week the fire department and nearly every family in Flora (pop. 5,338), including the Chevrolet dealer, was lent a new Ford to drive. It was Ford Motor's new and novel way of introducing its 1961 Fords and Falcons...