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Bordering on Spain--as well as on the sombre the picture canters through the traditional Prosper Merimee story at a moderate pace and good style. Those who go for the music will be disappointed, for the operation selections are poorly played and largely omitted, but those who go for other things (such as Viviane Romance) will not be downcast. Playing the title role, the smolders through almost every scene and in places performs very well (or very badly, depending on your moral inclinations.) Her emotional abandon and her variety of facial expressions make the captions largely unnecessary, and the translation...
...crux of the matter is that the American woolen industry and any other American business is prosperous when business conditions at home are good--and then only. America must rid itself of its surplus production through foreign trade if it is to prosper. And America can export only if it accepts imports of approximate value as repayment. Through the medium of the reciprocal trade agreements, the gradual attainment of these conditions has been made possible. The best interests of the nation will be served if the trend continues toward and not away from tariff reductions...
...enough to have wealth and comfort and money and credit. There is necessary something greater: spiritual wealth-freedom. ... An America half slave and half free . . . cannot prosper...
Object Lesson. What would happen to the U.S. economy in 1947 was inextricably tied up with a bigger long-run problem: What would happen to the world's economy? J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc.'s President George Whitney said: "If this country is to prosper we must try to help raise in some measure the standard of living in other countries and thereby bring about a wider market for our goods...
...brought up, there was no money for such luxuries as college. But Bill Pereira was ambitious, so he figured out a scheme with his elder brother Harold. Hal got a job as a draftsman, helped pay Bill's way through architectural school. When Bill finally began to prosper, he paid Hal back by taking him on as a partner...