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Though the loss in Florentine art was incalculable, Superintendent of Galleries Ugo Procacci gave assurance that "the Florence of the 15th century has withstood the fury of the elements and will be saved." The Italian economy was not so fortunate. Premier Moro said that the disaster had wiped out the nation's recent economic gains and warned Italians to be ready for "austerity and sacrifice...
Under this exchange, the New York Federal Reserve Bank extended to Britain a line of credit that stood at $750 million this summer, before the pound withstood its most severe assault from speculators (the idea is that Britain would do the same for the U.S. if the dollar were to run into trouble). Of the total, the Bank of England had to call for $300 million. Meanwhile, other central banks had provided Britain with another $ 1 billion...
...when the U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld an N.L.R.B. order forcing members of the New York Publishers Association to break ranks and bargain individually with the printers' union. While the Newspaper Guild's editorial employees have long dealt with each paper separately, the publishers have withstood the nine contentious craft unions largely by managing to bargain on a collective basis...
...Redmond earlier taught in and helped administer Kansas City schools, served as assistant superintendent and then purchasing director for the Chicago schools from 1948 to 1953. He is proudest of his 1953-61 term as superintendent of the New Orleans schools, where he coolly withstood pressures and insisted that school integration begin...
...11th round, Clay really opened up with every shot in his arsenal, scoring regularly but damaging little. Chuvalo, shooting for more haymakers with each round, withstood the head attack with some body returns of his own. In the 12th and 15th, he landed several solid punches to the challenger's head but could not inflict permanent damage...