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...discount-rate reductions. But last week they grumbled that the cut was not big enough. Said President George Champion of the Chase Manhattan Bank, second biggest in the U.S.: "This is only a token adjustment and not as much as will be needed. The time is ripe to loosen up much more on reserve requirements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS.: Credit Lift | 3/3/1958 | See Source »

...whatever the Brattle's intention is in scraping up the film, they certainly have not furthered any attempt to loosen film censorship to allow greater expressiveness...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: Fire Under Her Skin | 11/18/1957 | See Source »

When North Carolina upset Navy last month, Football turned sour at Annapolis. The embarrassed Middies had been trying too hard. To loosen them up, Coach Eddie Erdelatz encouraged a corny gag: every game was dedicated to a nicely rounded, nonexistent damsel named Rosie Ragoni. And for Rosie the Navy won. But against the unbeaten and untied Irish of Notre Dame, the team needed stronger magic. It was provided unwittingly by Navy's athletic director, Captain Slade Cutter. The Middies were getting a little tired of his reminders that every game except the Army game was only a practice scrimmage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Middies' Magic | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14--James R. Hoffa, battling a barrage of federal court charges threatening to loosen his tight grip over the Teamsters, was barred today from taking over as the union's president...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Ike, Scientists Plan Discussions On Missiles, Satellite Progress; Russian Orb Again Sighted Here | 10/15/1957 | See Source »

There were plenty of signs last week that tight money is beginning to loosen. The Treasury Department's costs for floating its 91-day bills edged down for the second week, stood at an average 3.528%. Furthermore, interest rates on bankers' acceptances, i.e., a form of short-term commercial loans, have dropped in the past month from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Looser Money | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

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