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...influx of U.S. companies has been tapering off since last year, when American Cyanamid discovered it was simpler to raise money through a Delaware holding company, which does not have to withhold tax if 80% of its business is done outside the U.S. But European firms are more than taking up the slack. Germany's AEG, Thyssen, Siemens and Hoechst, for example, have moved in to escape the 25% withholding tax at home on interest paid to foreign holders of German bonds. The roster has grown to 32 companies, almost all in the big leagues...
...comes of age. It is a possibility that the Shah, who has survived two assassination attempts, knows is very real. "My sole aim in life," he told his subjects at the end of the ceremony, "is the constant improvement of the welfare of Iran. In this task, I will withhold nothing, not even my life...
...easier to develop protein supplements than to get Indians to eat them. The high-protein gruel, Balahar ("nutritious child's food" in Hindi), concocted of wheat, peanuts and powdered milk, has been widely distributed in drought-stricken Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh states. But mothers often withhold the protein-rich lentil dal from their babies because they believe it upsets young stomachs...
...packed with girls sympathetic to the resolution "not to endorse RPC." They even arranged to have proxies there to vote for RGA representatives unable to attend. There was little debate at the meeting; and there was never any doubt that the resolution would pass. A more moderate resolution, "to withhold endorsement," never had a chance...
...four students said that if the decision to withhold commissions was made on academic grounds (all four received D's), as at first suggested, then the Colonel overlooked two students whose standing was lower than at least one of the four he chose not to commission...