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...Playboy of the Western World. Torrents of gorgeous Irish talk, miles of fine Irish scenery, and some splendid acting almost offset the main flaw in this film version of Synge's play: Actress Siobhan McKenna should not still be playing colleens...
McNamara's statement made fascinating reading. It showed him to be worth $1,278,200-with only $1,305 of that in cash. The McNamaras own three homes (a furnished house in Washington, an unfurnished house and a furnished cabin in Michigan), but their value is offset by "a large bank loan of approximately equal size." In 18 years, when McNamara is 65, the Ford Motor Co. will pay him a pension of about $16,000 a year; the company also owes him about $50,000 in deferred compensation from his days as an executive. The McNamaras have divested...
With the decline and fall of last year's bouffant hairdo, women suffered a serious loss of stature. They were told by reassuring hairdressers that it was more chic to be close-cropped, and advised by the fashion magazines simply to develop a longer neck to offset the loss in head height. But women, who like old tenements are apt to crumble at the very concept of major renovation, found a more gradual way of making do. Where once there had been hair, let there...
...offset a rise in raw prices, the big U.S. sugar refineries have raised prices on refined sugar to the highest since the early 1920s. Such companies as American Sugar, SuCrest and National Sugar have hiked prices twice within a month, to $10.25 per 100 lbs. The consumer will soon feel the difference. Many big sugar users-particularly soft-drink bottlers, canners and bakers-are planning to raise their prices, and candymakers are talking again of cutting back on the size of their candy bars...
Economically, the combined gross national product in Latin America rose by roughly 5% in 1962, and some $200 million in private U.S. capital is flowing into the area annually. Last year this was offset by the fact that investors staged a massive withdrawal from Venezuela. But now, reflecting faith in the stability of the Betancourt government, they are starting to put money back in. Most investors seemed reconciled to the fact that the days of the fast, fat return are over and .that long-range, better-protected returns are likely. This should help eliminate the frequent monetary crises of Latin...