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...usual fashion, the Foreign Office let word leak that if Naguib wants to improve relations, it is up to him. And in its usual fashion, the U.S. State Department inertly decided to follow the British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Moment of Opportunity | 8/18/1952 | See Source »

...sword of Damocles hanging over our heads," moaned natty M.S.I. Chief Prince Valerio Borghese, and that is just what it is. For the moment, the government is content to let its bright new weapon hang for all to see. It let word leak out that next month's M.S.I, national convention would be permitted but carefully watched. Borghese sent word to the faithful to avoid the Fascist salute, the Fascist hymn and similar trappings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: One Down, One to Go | 6/30/1952 | See Source »

...Steffens Right? This month, as Stevenson announced his candidacy for re-election (TIME, Jan. 21), he demonstrated that he has come a long way toward learning how to play practical politics. He had let word leak out that he might not run. That brought anxious looks to the eyes of Democratic slate-makers, who are sure they need him to carry Illinois this year. Then he let them know that, if he did run, he would want a strong slate. And he added that he didn't think State's Attorney John Boyle of Chicago was a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Sir Galahad & the Pols | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

Long before sunset, the sky went black from a gathering northeaster. When the Amphitrite sprang a leak, Luttrell pointed her back to shore. But the rising gale was too much for the two large engines. Crippled and off her course, the Amphitrite hit a sand bar near the mouth of the Cape Fear River...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTH CAROLINA: Off Cape Fear | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

Devaluation had plugged the leak, but sterling's recent fall has once more made such deals profitable, thus put new pressure on the pound. As sterling wobbled, other currencies sensitive to sterling shook also. In Italy, the lira skidded to 688 to the $1, the lowest point since last March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Devaluation Again? | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

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