Word: marketed
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...Common Market Commission President Jean Rey warned that failure by the Six to agree to negotiate with Brit ain would produce a "grave crisis" and be "a frightful political blunder." returning from a London visit with Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Rey reported that Britain wanted no part of a lesser association with the EEC, or any other arrangement short of full membership...
Such a deferral would only add to Wilson's woes, since Britain's domestic support for Common Market entry is eroding. Once 62% of the British people favored Common Market member ship, but the latest national opinion poll indicates that only...
...Board of Trade reported that Britain's November trade deficit was the worst in history: $530 million. The bad news dropped the minipound last week to the lowest level of its short life- $2.4005- and sparked a fresh round of gold buying on the London market and new speculation against ster ling. It was small satisfaction that the French, who have done their share of speculating against the pound in Brit ain's recent troubles, suddenly found themselves tarred by the same brush: ru mors of a devaluation of the franc plummeted France's coin...
Britain's economic plight and its failure to make any headway with the Common Market constituted such a mess, said maverick right-wing Tory Duncan Sandys, that the country needed "a coalition of ideas" of both parties-an oblique appeal for a national government, as in World War II. The idea got few takers. Despite the hard knocks he has received lately, Harold Wilson is not yet ready to admit defeat. As for the Tories, they are not that eager to help bail Wilson out of the mess...
Reversing the Tide. While color alone has never been a strong enough tie to unify a continent whose people have plenty of other differences to fight over, economic interest could reverse the tide of apartness. The new Community now offers a common market of 28 million persons that is largely free of tariffs. If the Community embraces the other nine nations, it would have a market of 100 million people...