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...sees little point in giving substantial loans or grants to countries that are notoriously careless about their internal economic houses; at the same time, he wants a more liberal policy than the "showcase nation." Briefly, his theory is that aid funds can in themselves act in certain cases to spur economic reform and planning, and to train reformers and planners--the assumption behind the Alliance for Progress. He is a man of tougher mind and greater vision than the President ever gave him credit for, and it is time for a resurrection of his ideas...
...Crown Prince Feisal, who fear that the example of a successful revolution in Yemen will spark trouble within their own kingdoms, were acknowledged by U.S. officials to be "extremely unhappy." The U.S. is aware of their fears, but is gambling that the example of Yemen will prove a spur to reform rather than revolution in all the Middle East's monarchies...
Early morality crusades have been abandoned to spur the economy. The junta eased its ban on prostitution because it could not find enough jobs for the unemployed hustlers. Antigambling laws were rewritten so that the government could back the development of a new. $3.800.000 gambling, hotel and entertainment complex outside Seoul called Walker Hill (named after the late U.S. General Walton Walker, who led U.N. forces during the Korean war). Slated to be dedicated this week, Walker Hill is designed to entice U.S. soldiers to spend their leaves-and their dollars-in Korea rather than in nearby Japan...
...tenure at Harvard, Keppel has frequently advocated a wide-spread program of federal aid to education. Most significantly, he has favored a vast network of nationwide research and development facilities to spur original research...
...usually one-sixth of a gill-barely enough, Britons grumble, to wet the glass. Henceforth, pubs will be allowed to dispense one-sixth, one-fifth or one-fourth of a gill.* But will be forced to display a sign saying clearly which measure they use. The greatest spur to thoroughgoing reform will undoubtedly be British membership in the European Common Market. In time, Englishmen may even order their mild-and-bitter by the liter, and pay in decimal currency-but few last week would bet a fluid dram that they would live...