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...spectators are surprised, the analyzers are rewriting their textbooks, and even the captains of U.S. business are somewhat amazed. The exasperating, exuberant 1963 economy, whose performance had for months been dismissed as puny and inadequate, is off and running in what the experts now believe will be the longest period of prosperity since the Korean...
...Administration has pumped money into the economy through the independent but willing Federal Reserve, and thus kept credit easy for the longest period since the Korean war. By putting through a 7% tax credit for investment in new machinery and by liberalizing tax write-offs for the depreciation of old machinery, it has given business an extra $1 billion a year for capital spending. At first, businessmen regarded these gestures as inadequate and unimportant, but their accountants soon got busy and showed them the savings they could make. "I think we've all been surprised at the amount...
...West Was Won 2) Lawrence of Arabia 3) The Ugly American 4) The Birds 5) Mutiny on the Bounty 6) To Kill a Mockingbird 7) Come Fly with Me 8) The Longest Day 9) Free, White, and 21 10) The Balcony
Hong Kong is suffering critically from the longest drought in years. The vital textile dyeing industry lost an estimated $1,700,000 in the first four months of this year. The only brewery faces curtailed production, and deliveries of soft drinks have fallen 60%. The reservoirs are so nearly dry that Hong Kong authorities last week imposed a strict new ration on the city: four hours of running water every other day. In private homes water is used first for bathing, then for washing clothes, finally for gardens. Ordinarily. Hong Kong buys 5 billion gallons of water annually from...
...Braun by resuming marital relations with her in Paris. The divorce was granted on the grounds of her adultery in 1960 with Harvey Combe at the Argylls' London house in Upper Grosvenor Street. The Argylls' litigation, which had dragged on for 3½ years, was the longest, most expensive (estimated cost: $140,000) and most sensational in Scottish history. And it may not be over, since the duchess has said that she plans to appeal the court's verdict. In any case, she still faces charges of libel and conspiracy to sustain a malicious charge of adultery...