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...beat is Israel alone. The nearby countries, including the Arab states, are covered by our Beirut Bureau, headed by Keith "Israel," Monica writes, "is a small country where 5,000 people buy TIME and a far greater number read it. This means that almost everyone I meet, from taxi driver to government official, knows exactly what has appeared in the magazine, has most decided views on it and no hesitation at all about passing them on to me. Israelis are extremely sensitive about what appears in the foreign press. This applies more to TIME than perhaps any other jour...
Those aren't the contours of a Navy man, mused the water-taxi pilot suspiciously, regarding one of his fares by dawn's dim light. Nevertheless, he said nothing as his passengers debarked at Buoy 25 in San Diego Bay, where the crews of three destroyers were beginning to stir. But back on the beach he confided his suspicions to the shore patrol...
...broker's office (a branch of a Toronto firm), where residents have begun dab bling with growing enthusiasm in the stock market. One staff geologist at Pronto has made $100,000 tax-free in two months investing in uranium stock, and the town is full of taxi drivers, store clerks, and even high-school students who have parlayed modest stakes into four-and five-figure bankrolls. One of the brokerage offices' steadiest customers, Joe Hagger, sold his restaurant in order to play the market full time, recently built a new $30,000 house, and now plans to open...
...raining buckets in Paris' Boulevard Poissonniere one night last week as six taxi drivers shouted and gesticulated at the door of the Hotel Violet. "What kind of a circus is this?" cried one. "We'll get wet as pigs," complained another. "This calls for an extra tip." Eventually, the taxicabs got under way, carrying 16 American girls dressed in flowing silver-grey silk and toting violins, violas, cellos and a string bass; their conductor, Boris Sirpo, and a few assistants. In sum total they were the Little Chamber Orchestra from Portland, Ore., and their destination was the National...
TARIFF CUT FOR SWISS imports will soon go into effect, in an effort to mollify the watchmaking nation for last year's tariff boost of up to 50% on watches. In all, some nine items (from lace to taxi meters) have been dropped an average 44% ; however, the cuts will by no means wipe out the full impact of increased tariffs...