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...position continued instead to weaken, the official attitude began to change. Two weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns told other central bankers that the board would let U.S. short-term interest rates rise-a move that should help stanch the flow of dollars abroad in search of a higher return. Then, at midweek, Connally declared in Manhattan that he was dispatching Treasury Under Secretary Paul Volcker to confer with foreign officials about first steps toward long-run monetary reform...
Hosken also said that he would file a motion to have a joint defense with the seven other protesters--including Dorgan--who are scheduled to go to court in March. "The state deliberately separated me from the other defendants to weaken my position, and I'm not going to let them get away with it," Hosken said...
...very paysage moralise becomes finally, for all but Cyril, more nearly that of hell than of heaven. Most of the elements which might arrange themselves in a really fine novel are present. But Cyril, whose commentary proves vital, is an arrogant, humorless cad, and his worst qualities conspire to weaken or even to destroy the novel's power...
Trade negotiations are under way with the Japanese and the Europeans, and these talks are difficult. French President Pompidou declared last week that he will make no concessions that might weaken France's agricultural strength. "French farmers can count on my interest in them and my obstinacy," he said...
...India. Second is that in a prolonged guerrilla war the moderate leadership of the Awami League would probably give way to more radical political forces, perhaps leading to a Peking-oriented government on India's border. A third factor, of course, is India's unspoken desire to weaken its neighbor by detaching a sizable chunk of its territory...