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...last week the Met's purchase of the altarpiece had become an international cause célébre. Said a resolution signed by 22 of Belgium's top museum directors and art teachers: "Often in the course of its history Belgium has had to witness, powerless, the destruction or pillage of its artistic patrimony. Once more, and this time without being able to cite the accident of bombardment or the whim of an invader, our country has just been dispossessed of an inestimable treasure, of the most important work in a Belgian private collection...
...Crimson basketball team romped over a powerless University of Massachusetts squad last night to open its season with an impressive 84-58 victory...
...consequent reapportionment of defense appropriations would involve greater attention to rapid mobilization and transportation facilities and less stress on provisions for all-out nuclear holocausts. While not leaving us powerless against nuclear attack, such a policy, would allow us greater flexibility in meeting aggression...
...distinguished American scholar* has only recently counseled us that in the measurable future, if present trends continue, the states are sure to degenerate into powerless satellites of the national Government in Washington," said the President. "I believe deeply in states' rights. I believe that the preservation of our states as vigorous, powerful governmental units is essential to permanent individual freedom and the growth of our national strength. But it is idle to champion states' rights without upholding states' responsibilities as well...
...determining what part anonymous Swiss bank clients play in American proxy battles, therefore does not know when the law is broken. In a recent proxy battle for control of Fairbanks, Morse & Co. by Penn-Texas Corp. involving stocks purchased through Swiss banks, Armstrong admitted that the SEC was powerless to get information that would have been easily available through U.S. banks. Armstrong's concern for the reluctance of beneficial owners to identify themselves only served to point up another complaint against Swiss banks: an Internal Revenue Service representative told the subcommittee that U.S. investors can easily avoid paying taxes...