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...million Britons, 900,000 Belgians, 400,000 Swiss, 150,000 Scandinavians and 90,000 Spaniards. The 200,000 from the U.S., however, had left some $78 million behind to provide France with her biggest single chunk of hard currency outside the Marshall Plan. The 1949 American tourists were younger, poorer and more serious-minded than before, but Paris' barmen happily reported that they still outdrank everyone else, with the Swedes and Britons running second and third. And just to prove that there were still 100% Americans in the crowd, there were some, groaned the weekly Samedi-Soir in feigned...
...twice a week the way you do, I'd be as strong as you are." From that time on, Albert's broth stuck in his throat. He was punished repeatedly because he refused to accept such advantages as an everyday overcoat, new gloves, or leather shoes, which poorer boys did not have...
...would provide $5 for each school-age child (5 to 17) in every state, plus additional funds on a sliding scale for the poorer states, e.g., Mississippi would get the highest allotment, $29.18 for each child. The states could use the funds for any grade-or high-school purpose, including building improvements or teachers' salaries. Last year Republican leadership in the House killed a similar Senate bill. But if the House Republicans were listening to Taft, the measure would have a lot less trouble this time...
...attempts to link the entire Red Scare to the growth of American monopolies and the alleged domination of the government by monopolists. It may be that monopolists don't give a damn for civil liberties, but Rogge dwells too much on the economic motivations for persecution. Even among the poorer citizens who do not hold "conglomerate acquisitions," there has been a decline in interest in civil rights. It is as much a question of political unsophistication and international queasiness as it is of mergers and monopolies...
...propaganda were potent in many parts of Latin America. Last week, with Argentina virtually broke, the grandiose hope that Peronismo could be exported, and that Argentina might lead other nations to a cozy "third position" between the U.S. and Russia, had gone glimmering. Never too much liked by her poorer neighbors, now blamed for highhandedness and unfulfilled promises, Argentina found herself without a real friend in South America...