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Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶Virginia Gentleman and Jack Daniels (Black Label) are IN; Scotch-type whisky, French-type wines, cheese-type spreads and lettuce-type salads are OUT. ¶ A 190 SL Mercedes-Benz is IN but not so far IN as a 1916 Fierce-Arrow; waving at another Mercedes is OUT. Wearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUREAUCRACY: Status at State | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

In the golden autumn of the 14th year after World War II, all Europe was humming with a new prosperity. In Britain, where voters had just emphatically endorsed Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's claim that they never had been so well off, the government this week planned to improve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: The New Balance | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

In this rosy chorus of economic expansion, the one dissonant note struck last week came from Vance Brand, director of the U.S.'s Development Loan Fund. Henceforth, in granting aid to foreign countries, announced Brand, the fund will "place primary emphasis on the financing of goods and services of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: The New Balance | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

All this does not mean that the U.S. is about to go into international bankruptcy. The U.S. still holds nearly $20 billion in gold, half the world's supply, and an important part of the U.S. capital outflow is private investment overseas that will pay off in years to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: The New Balance | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

But the point where Washington feels most strongly that it is time for a change is in the field of foreign aid. With the original postwar objective of setting Europe back on its feet handsomely achieved, the bulk of U.S. aid already goes to underdeveloped nations; in the future even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: The New Balance | 10/26/1959 | See Source »

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