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...accord, which is to take effect by July 1, reduces the "trading margins" of the six member currencies from 4½% to 2¼%. In practice, that will mean Common Market currencies can drift no more than l⅛% either above or below the midpoint of the new 2¼% band. When any one currency reaches its upper or lower limits, the central banks of member countries will intervene by buying or selling each other's currencies. Until now, the banks have done this by buying or selling dollars...
When asked about what my philosophy was I tried to write it down in Midpoint in handy couplets and discovered that of all my books it is the least read, and it was hardly reviewed at all. I concluded that nobody really cared what my philosophy was--I think that's right--the novelist is of interest only for what he does through empathy and image-producing, image-arranging: the more consciously a theorist he is the more apt he is to become impotent or cranky or both. Like Harry, I try to remain kind of open. Revolt, rebellion, violence...
When asked about what my philosophy was I tried to write it down in Midpoint in handy couplets and discovered that of all my books it is the least read, and it was hardly reviewed at all. I concluded that nobody really cared what my philosophy was--I think that's right--the novelist is of interest only for what he does through empathy and image-producing, image-arranging; the more consciously a theorist he is the more apt he is to become impotent or cranky or both. Like Harry. I try to remain kind of open. Revolt, rebellion, violence...
...Penn game was a runaway by the midpoint of the second period. Attackmen Steve Milliken and Phil Zuckerman were the top scorers Saturday, helping Harvard to an 8-2 halftime lead. Both had four goals, and Zuckerman added three assists...
...Calvin Murphy is the shortest player in the National Basketball Association-and one of the tallest in determination. When he was drafted by the San Diego Rockets last year, many of the pros predicted that he would be overshadowed like a sapling among sequoias. Now, at the midpoint of his rookie season, Murphy is developing into one of the best little big men in the league. In his last four games he has averaged 15 points while bedeviling his taller rivals with his darting speed and an incredible spring that, says Teammate Elvin Hayes, "allows him to play...