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...Means Committee, moving two ways at once on foreign trade, reported out and sent to the House 1) an Administration-backed customs simplification bill, and 2) a protectionist bill, sponsored by Pennsylvania's Republican Richard Simpson, that would, among other things, impose tight quotas on oil imports and stiffer duties on lead and zinc imports...
...Mossadegh, alas, knew better, and as a result was laid up for a "threeday rest." He had got Eisenhower's firm rejection of his plea for "effective economic assistance" (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS). Cried one of his aides: "If Churchill himself had written it, he would not have used stiffer or sterner phrases...
...keeps interest rates from going any higher. Humphrey had a compelling reason to seek that. Right after he floated $1 billion worth of 3¼% bonds in April-the highest long-term rate in 20 years-all interest rates went up until the Treasury found itself paying far stiffer rates for short-term borrowings. Since then, a drop in tax receipts has proved that Harry Truman's budget overestimated the Government's income this year by $2.2 billion. Humphrey will have to raise $6 billion in new money in the next three months. On top of that...
...Crimson had little trouble with the Providence contingent last year and will have the same winning team on hand today. Barnaby says he is "optimistic." But he expects stiffer opposition than his squad faced in its last two shut-out victories, over Bowdoin and Springfield...
Cleverly is absolutely right on this point. Although it might not solve the ice problem, it would solve more important ones: of scheduling, NCAA representation, gate receipts, local league incentive, stiffer competition, and what have you. Those three teams annually play all Pentagonal League members, anyway...