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Though the country's imports are still growing faster than exports, the Chancellor promised that Britain will scrap its 10% tariff surcharge in November. The surcharge on imports has run into much criticism, particularly from Britain's trading partners in the European Free Trade Association...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Out of the Black Case | 5/13/1966 | See Source »

...free sex, flaunting of the libido, and tramping on the flag. Yet in effect Radcliffe has no curfew now. And no one has offered and justification for retaining all the foolish sign-out boxes and secret envelopes to which Cliffies are subjected. Why doesn't the College just scrap the whole business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ruined Maid II | 5/10/1966 | See Source »

...this year -- to give students enough information on exactly how the final version will operate. The lack of communications this year resulted in monumental confusion. As Master Gill has pointed out, any modification should be accompanied by a clear, concise explanation. The Committee should improve the original system, not scrap it, and the compromise proposals seem well-designed to accomplish this refinement. Under no circumstances should the Committee kill or cripple choice in curing "raiding" and the "popularity contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Compromise on House Selection | 5/5/1966 | See Source »

...differs sharply from the earlier proposal to scrap the present sophomore tutorial and expand junior tutorial into a two-year, more specialized program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History Dept. Delays Vote On Revisions | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...Persian Gulf to Japan for $2 a ton, compared to $3 for a 75,000-ton and $4 for a 45,000-ton ship. It is so big that its hold could, in theory, carry the entire Queen Elizabeth if that giant of passengerliners were broken up for scrap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shipping: The Time of Leviathans | 3/18/1966 | See Source »

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