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...deeper than one season's mood. U.S. businessmen, whether Democrats or Republicans, have a deep-seated aversion to political activity. Even in the last presidential campaign an upsurge in political interest on the part of businessmen generally took the form of discreet, behind-the-scenes aid. Few businessmen shrink from political action in cases that directly affect their industry, e.g., for higher tariffs on imported textiles (promised by implication last week in the Democratic platform). But most executives shrink from open support of political parties for fear of offending customers, stockholders or powerful public officials. Shrugs a Republican auto...
...anaconda, plunged into the Atlantic in January, and urbanely commented on under sea matters through a diver's helmet 30 ft. below the surface of the Pacific. Collingwood once also gave his audience an authentic South American recipe, with step-by-step illustrations, on how to shrink a human head. An actual shrunken head was, of course, in camera range during the show...
...maximize his estimates. The advocacy representing the Government's parts is more powerful than that which speaks for the whole. That is one reason why many Government functions continue to grow and others hold their own even in an administration whose top leaders believe that Government should shrink...
...their attitude toward us. But they couldn't be more cheerful or more delightful as guests." The girls have picked up enough English to get by without an interpreter; they have adopted sleek Italian hairdos, colored ballerina slippers and other U.S. fashions. Above all, they no longer shrink from meeting people as they did at home...
...Britain's hallowed institution suffered a rude shock. Responding to a request by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler, bank managers dispatched polite letters to their clients: "If it is convenient" would the clients reduce their overdrafts by an amount specified to meet the particular situation? The purpose: shrink Britain's bank credit (estimated at some $6 billion) by at least 10%, thus help Butler's war against inflation (TIME...