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...Theories. The bank account was used only for converting the checks into cash. About two weeks after each deposit-it takes approximately that long for an overseas check to clear-the woman appeared and withdrew the money in Swiss currency. She carried it off in sizable bundles in an airline flight bag, since the largest denomination of Swiss currency, a 1,000-franc note, is equivalent to only $258. The account now is virtually empty; apparently only the original 1,000 francs is still there...
...another such crisis-one, moreover, that raised the question of how much longer the center-left coalition formula could survive at a time when a deep recession is exacerbating all of Italy's social ills. The crisis was provoked by the tiny but influential Republican Party, which withdrew its support to protest what it viewed as irresponsible and inflationary government spending. Unwilling or unable to change course to meet the Republicans' demands, the other parties in the coalition-the Socialists, Social Democrats and Christian Democrats -could agree only to disagree. Colombo dutifully handed his resignation to President Giovanni...
...adjusting to postwar realities on the subcontinent. In Dacca, the first batch of 90,000 Pakistani prisoners of war began their journey to prison camps in India; they were marched through the streets in predawn darkness to avoid reprisals from the hostile Bengali population. At the same time, India withdrew 30,000 of its own troops, about half of its forces in Bangladesh; the rest are expected to stay on perhaps another three or four months to keep order and help with reconstruction. Indian and Bangladesh officials laid the groundwork for an even more massive migration-the return home...
Most, but not Harvard. When applicants were being interviewed for the position of basketball coach at Harvard after Floyd Wilson resigned. Driesell was among them. But after Harvard's objectives were outlined to him, Driesell withdrew from consideration...
...campaign was an unexciting rerun of 1952 since most Democrats correctly believed that Eisenhower was unbeatable. After a June defeat in the California primary. Kefauver realized that he could not overtake Stevenson, and withdrew from the race. He won a personal victory by beating back John F. Kennedy's challenge for the vice-presidential nomination, but despite travelling 60,000 miles through 38 states and shaking an estimated 100,000 hands, Kefauver could not aid himself and Stevenson against Ike's tremendous popularity...