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...fighting covered a wider section of Belfast than ever before. But still, much of Ulster's middle class remained physically untouched by the turmoil. Odd patches of tranquillity survived in the very midst of danger. As he dodged stones and petrol bombs, Correspondent Shaw looked inside a window to see three middle-aged women placidly watching a television documentary about East Africa...
...Wider Bands. To stem the dollar inflows, Switzerland's central bank ordered an emergency ten-day delay in the delivery of francs purchased with dollars. The hope is that speculators will be unwilling to tie up their money for that long. French and Belgian central bankers have recently ordered commercial members to turn down foreign deposits that appeared to be speculative -a job requiring detective work that is much easier to perform in the clubby world of European bankers than it would be in the U.S. The move could lead to a much wider "two-tier" exchange system, with...
Early Birds. The hard-core right wingers have never been well organized nationally and are generally dismissed by politicians as fringe extremists. But the voices raised against Nixon could influence a wider range of voters who stand to the right of center. The danger from the right could easily be overestimated, but Nixon for one did not ignore it. He called his older lieutenants on Capitol Hill-the "early birds" who helped him resurrect his political career for a run at the White House in 1968 -for a cocktail party last week. They included John Tower of Texas, Paul Fannin...
...panel found that vocational high schools were the least troubled. Hence it suggested loosening up schedules in regular high schools so that more students could take vocational courses. Huge high schools built for economic reasons should be subdivided into smaller "schools within schools" offering a far wider range of academic courses...
...year salary goes for the care of their two children and other work-related expenses, the second paycheck has helped. "It seemed that our arguments always centered on how our money should be spent," Mrs. Wrigley says. "With more coming in, we give each other wider latitude." Their recent purchases have included a 16-ft. motorboat and some new home decorations...