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...sign of confidence was a sharp upward spurt in the free-market value of the wobbly peso. The U.S. joined the parade of nations officially recognizing the Lonardi regime as Argentina's new government...
...subtle and rather dream-like atmosphere of madness does, in fact, seep into most of the scenes of the film because of its unusual photographic technique. The camera seldom remains still for more than a moment before tilting upward to some tricky angle or plunging in for a close-up shot. A purist might well object that Strindbergh, a believer in the strictly life-like, naturalistic technique during the period in which he produced Miss Julie, would not have tolerated such an approach to his play. In the light of contemporary tastes, however, the film adaptation is still an improvement...
...years run to approximately $7 2 billion. Other facts and figures: ¶Last year U.S. churches spent half a billion dollars on new construction, with the Southern Baptists alone accounting for $130 million and the Congregational Christian Churches spending more than $20 million. ¶So far this year, the upward trend has continued. The Departments of Commerce and Labor announced last week that a new monthly record of $69 million in church building was set in August-$3,000,000 more than the previous record month, July. ¶Fund-raising for future building is going full force. Last year...
...comparable week for 1954. In fact, spending was so free that a cloud of inflation loomed on the horizon. Farm equipment prices moved up (an average, 6% for Ford Motor Co., 7% for Caterpillar Tractor Co. and Deere & Co.); building materials, coal, work clothes and soft goods were edging upward. But Administration economists were carefully watching the trend (TIME...
...that the native government does, USCAR can veto -though it rarely has. Newspapers are not censored, but editors who criticize the U.S. occupation too freely are apt to get a talking to. "Step by step, they are training us for self-government," says Chief Executive Higa, nodding his head upward at the floor above him. Was such training necessary? "That's an embarrassing question" says Higa...