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...offset Socialist cries for a complete break with "U.S. imperialism," MacArthur plumped for an agreement highly favorable to Japan, which Kishi could point to as proof that the U.S. and Japan were now equal partners. The original Security Treaty had tied Japan to the U.S. in perpetuity, had entitled the U.S. to "come to Japan's defense" whether or not Japan so desired. The new treaty was limited to ten years, at which point Japan could refuse to renew it, and pledged the U.S. to "consult" with Japan before reacting militarily to a threat to Japanese or Far Eastern...
...careful to point out that the cut was not being applied to offset any business recession, as cuts usually have been in the past. Instead, said the Fed, it is meant to perk up the economy at a time when business is steady. It is also true that a growing number of economists and businessmen have complained that the tight-money policy was going too far, and squeezing off the normal growth of the nation...
...Touré's defenders say that, despite his admiration for Marxist one-party control, he himself is no Communist and would like to expand Guinea's ties with the West to offset Moscow's growing hold. They suggest he might even approach the U.S. for economic aid before long. But a group around him, including Red-lining Defense Minister Keita Fodéba, presses for total elimination of private enterprise -and more arrests. If Touré is indeed no Communist, he seemed fast becoming the captive of those...
...Modern automobiles have a lowered silhouette with an acutely angled windshield, which greatly hampers entrance and exit," he wrote. "The smaller automobiles may add the additional problem of narrower doors and often depressed floors and offset control pedals. The enthusiast may tend to forget that he is using the muscles of the chest and shoulder girdle in a fashion to which he is not accustomed when he first acquires his new automobile.'' The hip and back symptoms are caused by the necessity of rotating the hip when entering or leaving a smaller car and "limitations in foot room...
...troubles began in the mid-'50s, when imported watches began to cut into the sales of its expensive ($35-$150) watches, and a sudden surge in the sales of lower-priced pin-lever (i.e., non-jeweled ) watches captured 45% of the market. At first, Elgin tried to offset its watch losses by diversifying into electronics and abrasives. That failing. President James Shennan called bright, aggressive Sylvester Moorman, 46, to Elgin...