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...Port-au-Prince. But without the re-establishment of public order, no amount of aid could go very far. Sending the Marines was out of the question in the era of the Good Neighbor, but the U.S. Embassy might call in the Haitian politicians and hammer the desk, then sweeten the harsh words with promises of large-scale aid if they would unite patriotically to save their country...
Many of the age-tarnished hotels were ensuring themselves rush business by switching from the European to the American plan. To sweeten the deal, some even threw in free wiener roasts, sightseeing trips and lessons in dancing...
...down their noses at Government-backed mortgage loans with their relatively low (4½%) yields in favor of higher returns in other fields. Result: a drop in new housing starts from 1,329,000 in 1955 to the current rate of 1,100,000 a year. Last week, to sweeten up such loans for the bankers-and thus make more funds available to home builders-the Government raised the interest rate on new FHA-backed mortgage loans to 5%. The order did not affect Veterans Administration mortgages-still fixed by law at 4½% - but the Administration is expected...
Nobody can explain Mantovani's sudden ascent from a better-than-average bandleader of average popularity, except that in 1951 he added a couple of dozen strings to sweeten up his orchestra, and recorded a schmalzy old waltz called Charmaine. It was a period when makers of LP records were discovering the possibilities of mood music. Mantovani's "new music" was apparently just what thousands of people wanted to hear when they were not really listening. It still is. Today, London Records claims, sales have topped...
Behind such gobbledygook was an apparent desire to sweeten the educational pill. One possible way for the "nonproductive" intellectual to skirt the quota system: by enlistment for a two-year tour of duty in the East German army...