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...should have known. Jeeves, you stand alone. About that extra five quid a week you've been mentioning-consider it done. No wonder the highest in the land always come to you with their problems...
...accepted before." At that time, he says, Hanoi was willing to begin talks if the U.S. would quit bombing the North. But the Administration, which had ordered a 37-day bombing pause a year earlier in the hope of achieving precisely that outcome, shifted its position and demanded a quid pro quo-namely, an end to Hanoi's infiltration of the South...
...President reiterated his desire to negotiate, but in the softest terms yet. He made no demand for a prior, specific quid pro quo from Hanoi. "The United States is willing to stop all aerial and naval bombardment of North Viet Nam when this will lead promptly to productive discussion," he said. "We of course assume that while discussions proceed, North Viet Nam would not take advantage of the bombing cessation or limitation." For the first time, Johnson seemed to be wigwagging a readiness to stop the bombing and enter into talks without advance guarantees or gestures from Hanoi...
...sued a retired police inspector who had arrested him and who had written a series of articles saying that he was guilty. The libel jury awarded Alfie $3,640 in damages. Using the same theory, Convicted Train Robber Goody planned to nick The People for a few thousand quid...
Less to Lyndon. Though the move had been anticipated for weeks, cynics immediately suggested that the reduction was Martin's debt to Easy-Money Man Johnson-a quid for the quo of his reappointment as Reserve Board chairman the week before. A more logical explanation was that this time the Fed, which is often a leader in money matters, was simply a follower. It was reacting to an earlier drop from 6% to 51% in the prime rate-the interest rate that commercial banks charge blue-chip customers. The Board's decision was less a tribute to Lyndon...