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Last week's devaluation forever shattered an article of faith, solemnly sworn to by governments on both sides of the Atlantic, that unilateral devaluation was no longer possible, since it would dismember the many fragile and intricate international monetary mechanisms that have developed since 1949. Keeping those mechanisms oiled and balanced is the task of the international banking community's senior members, who are usually referred to as The Club. The Club works with the International Monetary Fund in Washington and the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, the official bankers to countries...
Purely Domestic. Having sworn so long to defend the pound against even the idea of devaluation, Harold Wilson gave plenty of new ammunition to the Tories when he broke his word. Tory Leader Ted Heath greeted the news by saying, "I utterly condemn the government for devaluing the pound," but Quintin Hogg, the Tories' shadow Home Secretary, made a more telling thrust: "People are angry and humiliated by this decision," he said. "At last they will realize that the Labor government cannot govern with its financial policies...
...square in front of the Assembly, and in the reviewing stands waited the representatives of 22 nations, headed by Vice President Hubert Humphrey. As a 21-gun salute from a howitzer boomed across the capital, Thieu and Ky, clad in business suits, arrived in twin Mercedes 300s to be sworn...
...handed Pontius Pilate. Just as improbable would have been a trial after sundown-especially on the eve of Passover, when most members of the Sanhedrin would have been busy with ritual preparations for the feast. Still, if they had met, under Jewish law any condemnation would have required the sworn testimony of at least two trustworthy witnesses. Even according to the Gospels, none could be found. Why, then, did the Jewish authorities summon Jesus? Their motive, Cohn believes, may well have been a desire to recoup their waning popular prestige by saving a prophetic teacher beloved by the masses...
Thieu and Ky were to be sworn in outside the onetime opera house that now is the home of the National Assembly, whose lower chamber was elected last week in nationwide balloting. Nearly 73% of the electorate turned out to choose a 137-man House of Representatives from among some 1,200 candidates. South Viet Nam thus completed the edifice of the new civilian government-the fifth and final exercise of popular franchise in the war-torn country within the past 14 months...