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...their international reflates are concerned, remained to a large extent the same as they were before 1914 . . . One must have no illusions . . . it is a purely negative interest which keeps the U.S. on the continent of Europe . . . As Europe exists, it must be defended, but were it to disappear under the sea like Atlantis, one may be sure that America would consider it as a relief...
...Girls. Clough's idea was that graft from gambling and prostitution would disappear if the mayor just made it quite plain that these activities did not need special "protection." Last week Galvestonians voted. By 6.406 to 5,649. it was a victory for Clough and cleanly liberalism...
Sound Barrier. In Chicago, two burglars who broke into an electronics firm were startled when a booming voice said, -'Good evening, gentlemen. We remind you that this place is electronically guarded. We suggest that you turn around and disappear." fled emptyhanded when loudspeakers all over the building began shouting, "Burglars! Burglars! Call the police...
...that added up to 85% of operating income, provides for an ingenious graduated income tax in reverse. If production stays at present levels, the companies will pay 50% of operating income as their basic tax, plus 25% as a surtax. But the surtax will shrink with increased production and disappear entirely when production is doubled...
...work force of 20 million. Agriculture is still largely backward, and industry suffers from lack of capital and from a feudal fiscal system, in which varying and discriminatory interest rates make it difficult for small businessmen to operate. The textile industry, which has seen many of its markets disappear behind the Iron Curtain, is in bad shape, last year slumped to 117 on the national production index (1938 = 100), compared to 180 for industry as a whole. Such big tax-supported state monopolies as Institute per la Ricostruzione Industriale (I.R.I.) and Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (E.N.I.) spread over Italy...