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...Honduras' development bank to be relent to livestock farmers for buying cattle, pastures, corrals and dairy equipment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Alianza: Everyone's Bank | 4/26/1963 | See Source »

...tenor of Mr. Palmer's remarks suggests that Widener is not going to try something that it "fears would be extremely difficult" until a louder clamor is raised. I hope the HCUA will not relent in its efforts. Margaret Wilson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WIDENER'S HOURS | 3/18/1963 | See Source »

...Macmillan cherished any idea that Kennedy would relent on Skybolt. that hope was foredoomed. Kennedy had been convinced by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara that Skybolt was not worth the money or effort. The U.S. team at Nassau therefore tried to downplay Skybolt's significance to the conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Beyond Skybolt | 12/28/1962 | See Source »

Before undertaking any campaign BAG will present a firm with specific demands for the hiring of Negro workers and offer to negotiate. This approach often causes the company to relent immediately, Miss Weissberg said...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Student Group Checking Racial Bias In Hiring Policies of Boston Firms | 12/5/1962 | See Source »

...parents decide to leave Seryozha behind for the winter to recover from an illness; the bottom falls out of the boy's new happiness. And as they have decided to take the baby along, the substance of Seryozha's new doubts seem to become crushing realities. Finally the parents relent and take him with them; but not before Seryozha has suffered great disappointments...

Author: By Kathie Amatnter, | Title: A Summer to Remember | 3/7/1962 | See Source »

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