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...Nicholas Kaldor, 55, and Thomas Balogh, 57, are both Hungarian-born and are known as "those evil Hungarians," nicknamed respectively "Buda" and "Pest." Balogh, a mercurial left-wing Oxford economist, near neighbor of Wilson in suburban Hampstead, has long been the dominant influence in his economic thinking. As a quid pro quo for restrictions on wage raises, Buda and Pest have convinced Wilson that he needs control over corporate profits and dividends and a tax on capital. Officially, Labor intends only to nationalize the trucking industry and the private sector of steel, but Wilson reserves the right...
...keeps on running till he's too trottin' tired to remember what makes Sammy run. Money, of course. Sammy (Anthony Newley) is chasing the ochre and he is chasing it hard, because if he can't catch up with 300 quid before sunset, some very unpleasant people are going to catch up with him-it seems his bookie is disinclined to spiv and let spiv...
...Russians have a powerful ally: the U.S. Government, which supports the move if only because it would like Soviet permission to depart its own overcrowded Moscow chancery for roomier quarters. On that basis, a quid pro quo is the obvious solution. The Russians find it hard to understand the delay. Said one Soviet embassy spokesman last week: "In Moscow, if the government says O.K., then...
...young draftsman named Vic (Alan Bates), works in a big mill in Lancashire and spends his spare time "chattin' up the typies.'' One day he chats up a little bit of all right (June Ritchie) who is just as twee as she can be on five quid a week, and so blonde he doesn't notice that she's dumb-like a fox. She sprays him with a boy bomb of cheap scent called "Desire." and the next thing he knows she is standing there with her clothes off. Some weeks later...
Young Malcolm was levied two quid For the terrible thing that he did, But one M.P.'s quibble Was "What's good for Dame Sybil Must be good for each Sark invalid." Dame Sybil disdained his appeals, Only she could have motorized wheels. Her parliament said Sure To her droit du seigneur, No matter how other folk feels. ∙∙∙ With classic British nonchalance. Actor James Mason, 53. and his estranged wife Pamela, 44, launched a laconic legal battle in a Santa Monica court to divvy up the spoils of their marriage. Pamela demanded an allowance...