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...seen to be appreciated; he is a powerful, vital and ingratiating man. In some concerts he has depended too much on his considerable charm, and simply gone through the motions on his songs. Last night he sang ten ballads and blues with drive and bite, and succeeded completely in keeping his familiar material alive...
...federal government is undoubtedly well-aware of both groups, but it could be easy to suppose on the basis of Little Rock that their bark was worse than their bite. The decision to use troops in Arkansas was probably a pragmatic approach to a particular situation which demanded forceful and unequivocal action. Yet it would be dangerously easy to generalize a policy of armed force to effect integration...
WORLDWIDE INFLATION is cutting into the $8.9 billion International Monetary Fund, which makes loans to bolster shaky currencies. With demand rising for IMF credit, Fund Boss Per Jacobsson wants to put bite on IMF's member nations to boost their contributions 30% to 35%. If raise is okayed, U.S. will have to add $1 billion to its quota of 2.75 billion...
...problems. The stock market would be able to digest the stock more easily, and Du Pont could spread its capital-gains tax over five or possibly ten years. Another possibility, though a slim one, is that Congress may be asked to help take the sting out of the tax bite by special legislation lowering the capital-gains tax for this sale. The Government is expected to present its plan next week to Chicago's Federal Judge Walter La Buy, who originally heard the case and must approve the final settlement...
Scraping & Pruning. Ever since it became apparent that India's overambitious second five-year plan was more of a bite than India's unmobilized resources could chew (TIME, Aug. 5), resourceful Finance Minister T. T. Krishnamachari has been doing his best to 1) reduce the scope of the plan itself, and 2) attract the foreign capital, government or private, that the country needs to keep going. Three weeks ago, while Nehru was still diligently distilling euphoria from the plan's prospects...