Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...takers has been low. But the moderate cost of living in France and the attractions of Paris in the Spring are bound to awaken an appetite for Gallic extension courses among those who never thought much of school work. France, a country with a crying need for tourist trade, is less concerned with the intellectual means of its prospective culture crop than it is with the dollars that will accompany it. The success of this program in future years will depend in large measure on the intentions demonstrated by the present group seeking overseas education. By neglecting their scholastic objectives...
...Meat. The west coast countries reaped a fat profit from such wartime exports as copper, tin and nitrates, but when war ended they well knew that they would have to find trade items to replace the war babies. The Chileans had big plans for ending their dependence on copper and nitrates by industrialization. But building fisheries, power plants, and developing transportation is a long-term process, and it will cost more than Chileans can find. Like their Pacific neighbors, they need help from abroad. The question is, where will it come from...
...grandiloquently through the halls and plazas of most of Latin America. Peruvians were impressed. Said Apra Chief Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre: "We need their wheat and meat." Perón has already promised Chile $175,000,000 to tie her to Argentina in bonds of trade. Bolivia's new Government got another $62,500,000. Peru might be due for the next lift...
...Polynesians, living among Easter's great stone images. For years, Easter Island's only visitors were chance whalers, occasional foreign warships, and archeologists trying to solve the mystery of the giant statues. One & all, the visitors liked the island's moderate climate and superb trade winds, but for vacations or all year preferred the lusher surroundings of Tahiti (2,800 miles away...
...interested in abortion and usually wants a box of pills (often hideously expensive). As every gynecologist knows, pills don't work-and are highly dangerous. Last week the U.S. Food & Drug Administration let it be known that it had launched a determined drive against the thriving abortion-drug trade...