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Music Will Restrict...
...emphasized, however, that a musical setting will restrict poetry; for instance, certain types of meter cannot be set to song. The poet must either know enough about music "to use the tune as a technical and emotional guide" or allow a composer to alter his work, Lewis said...
...quarrel with the ministers had begun over their contention that Banda was assuming too much personal power. In an emergency decree last week, Banda showed how autocratic he could get. Borrowing measures from the apartheid states of South Africa and Southern Rhodesia, Banda assumed sweeping powers to restrict the movements and control the statements or actions of anyone in the country without resort to the courts...
Unorthodox but Rewarding. Trade unions and consumer cooperatives founded six small banks in 1948 and 1950, merged them to form B.F.G. in 1958, and still hold all of its stock. The bank avoids the natural inclination to restrict its business to union finances and interests, aggressively competes with traditional banks for commercial and industrial customers. Union and cooperative funds, which once constituted half of its deposits and credits, today account for only 18% of deposits and 15% of credits. The bank's assets have grown to nearly $1 billion, making it Germany's fourth largest bank. Some...
...Delhi last week the Indian government confirmed that the Naga armistice will begin on July 26. During that period the Indian government will suspend military operations, reconnaissance flights, imposition of fines on villages that misbehave, and restrict patrolling to a thousand yards from the perimeters of army defense posts. For their part, the Naga rebels will suspend ambushes, sniping, kidnaping of hostages and attacking army posts and administrative centers...