Word: sweeten
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...loan agreement allowing it to postpone interest payments. Instead it decided to dip into its dwindling gold and dollar hoard to make good its promise. The Tory government had its own good reasons for honoring the debt punctually. Winston Churchill, due to visit Washington next month, wants to sweeten up U.S. opinion before asking for a bigger share of U.S. Mutual Security funds (perhaps $300 million). "Our principle," explained a Whitehall official, "is that you should always pay your tailor promptly for the first suit...