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...upon Swiss banks by the recent troubles of Britain's pound. Long the world's favorite haven for nervous money, Swiss banks have amassed so much of it (fully one-fifth of their $16.6 billion in deposits comes from foreigners) that when their international clientele decided to lighten its sterling holdings, the banks became heavily though unhappily involved in the run on the pound. The Swiss themselves contributed $80 million to the $3 billion credit that stopped that run; but some disgruntled Britons still feel their economy has been-bent to the will of a clique of Swiss...
...back for "Fetes," and it was a great improvement. But the winds and brasses drowned the strings in their enthusiasm. The same problem arose in a previous performance of Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream. If the whole rear section of the orchestra is tooting along staccato, it must lighten to a man or it sounds like falling souffle...
...Johnson is a hard taskmaster, and in recent months friends noticed that the pressures seemed to weigh heavily on Jenkins. He grew increasingly nervous, last January was told by his doctor to lighten his load because of dangerously high blood pressure. He ignored the advice, kept working hard for Johnson. And the work always seemed to be piling up. After one lengthy meeting with the President, Jenkins rushed back to his desk, found 43 telephone calls waiting to be answered...
...feud with the sugar industry, since drinks for the weight watchers contain such sugar substitutes as saccharin and cyclamates. Sugar refiners are spending $1,000,000 on ads to downgrade the benefits of diet drinks, claiming that "trying to lose weight by drinking them is like trying to lighten an airplane by emptying the ashtrays." Last week Royal Crown Cola, whose Diet-Rite has captured half of the diet-cola market, retaliated with its own ads. Calling its critics "sugar daddies," Royal Crown said: "If it's wrong to do millions of people a favor by taking the sugar...
...lighten any adverse impact of the aid program on our own balance of payments and economy." - "To continue to assist in the defense of countries under the threat of external and internal Communist attack." He cited the Clay report's finding that "dollar for dollar" military aid programs "contribute more to the security of the free world than corresponding expenditures in our defense appropriations...