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...Meeting to ponder the U.S. economy, twelve experts gathered under the auspices of the National Industrial Conference Board, emerged with predictions of a brisk first half, a slower second half, and for the year as a whole a satisfactory expansion in spite of unsettled periods. In summary, like 1967, it will be "another year of worrisome, uneasy prosperity...
Then there is SEXPOFF [Societe pour I'Exportation du Franc Franfais], a subversive movement to which all Amer icans in France automatically belong if they change francs into dollars, thereby reducing De Gaulle's ability to buy up Fort Knox. But sticklers over niceties now ponder whether those who reciprocate the nastiness of De Gaulle, whose character combines le Roi Soleil and De Lawd, are guilty of lese-majeste or sacrilege...
...their French Co-Prince had decided to come. De Gaulle spoke of building a technical school in Andorra and of connecting the principality by tunnel with France, but those announcements could have been made in Paris. Spanish officials called the visit "more picturesque than political," but Andorrans did not ponder De Gaulle's mysterious ways for long. They reopened their shutters and went back to catering to the thousands of lesser Frenchmen who come to Andorra each year to shop for tax-free bargains...
...craftsman's personal touch: whether large or small, the objects were commercially constructed, color was applied with a spray gun. The aim seemed to be to assault the viewer with the very "thingness" of the object. As shadows played across the empty surfaces, gallerygoers were invited to ponder the mysteries of life and the ultimate beauties...
...Sudan or Singapore that were dutifully read by vicars, ex-sahibs and bowler-hatted commuters to The City. Now it prints shorter, snappier pieces on crime, Carnaby Street and California hippies. Reporters are no longer anonymous; they have bylines and are told to pursue the news rather than just ponder it. Editor in Chief Denis Hamilton has set up a five-man task force that stands ready to cover any breaking story at home or abroad. The old Times was never in such a rush...