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`` Why the two damned fools got all excited when they saw the bottle, and knocked each other out cold '', Shayne said good-humoredly. | saw | {
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`` Why the two damned fools got all excited when they saw the bottle, and knocked each other out cold '', Shayne said good-humoredly. | knocked | {
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`` Why the two damned fools got all excited when they saw the bottle, and knocked each other out cold '', Shayne said good-humoredly. | said | {
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`` They 'll have fun explaining that to the Miami cops. | have | {
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Shayne found one marked PERRIN 2 - A. | found | {
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`` The present recovery movement will gather steady momentum to lift the economy to a new historic peak by this autumn '', Beryl W. Sprinkel, economist of Harris Trust + Savings Bank, Chicago, predicted at the closing session here Tuesday of Investment Bankers Assn., California group, conference. | gather | {
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`` The present recovery movement will gather steady momentum to lift the economy to a new historic peak by this autumn '', Beryl W. Sprinkel, economist of Harris Trust + Savings Bank, Chicago, predicted at the closing session here Tuesday of Investment Bankers Assn., California group, conference. | lift | {
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`` The present recovery movement will gather steady momentum to lift the economy to a new historic peak by this autumn '', Beryl W. Sprinkel, economist of Harris Trust + Savings Bank, Chicago, predicted at the closing session here Tuesday of Investment Bankers Assn., California group, conference. | predicted | {
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Another speaker, William H. Draper, Jr., former Under Secretary of the Army and now with the Palo Alto venture capital firm of Draper, Gaither + Anderson, urged the U. S. to `` throw down the gauntlet of battle to communism and tell Moscow bluntly we won n't be pushed arouny any more ''. | urged | {
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Another speaker, William H. Draper, Jr., former Under Secretary of the Army and now with the Palo Alto venture capital firm of Draper, Gaither + Anderson, urged the U. S. to `` throw down the gauntlet of battle to communism and tell Moscow bluntly we won n't be pushed arouny any more ''. | throw | {
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Another speaker, William H. Draper, Jr., former Under Secretary of the Army and now with the Palo Alto venture capital firm of Draper, Gaither + Anderson, urged the U. S. to `` throw down the gauntlet of battle to communism and tell Moscow bluntly we won n't be pushed arouny any more ''. | tell | {
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Another speaker, William H. Draper, Jr., former Under Secretary of the Army and now with the Palo Alto venture capital firm of Draper, Gaither + Anderson, urged the U. S. to `` throw down the gauntlet of battle to communism and tell Moscow bluntly we won n't be pushed arouny any more ''. | pushed | {
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He urged support for President Kennedy 's requests for both defense and foreign aid appropriations. | urged | {
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Sprinkel told conferees that the recent improvement in economic activity was not a `` temporary flash in the pan '' but the beginning of a substantial cyclical expansion that will carry the economy back to full employment levels and witness a renewal of our traditional growth pattern. | told | {
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Sprinkel told conferees that the recent improvement in economic activity was not a `` temporary flash in the pan '' but the beginning of a substantial cyclical expansion that will carry the economy back to full employment levels and witness a renewal of our traditional growth pattern. | was | {
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`` In view of the current expansion, which promises to be substantial '' he said the odds appear to favor rising interest rates in coming months, but `` there is reason to believe the change will not be as abrupt as in 1958 nor as severe as in late 1959 and 1960 ''. | promises | {
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`` In view of the current expansion, which promises to be substantial '' he said the odds appear to favor rising interest rates in coming months, but `` there is reason to believe the change will not be as abrupt as in 1958 nor as severe as in late 1959 and 1960 ''. | be | {
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`` In view of the current expansion, which promises to be substantial '' he said the odds appear to favor rising interest rates in coming months, but `` there is reason to believe the change will not be as abrupt as in 1958 nor as severe as in late 1959 and 1960 ''. | said | {
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`` In view of the current expansion, which promises to be substantial '' he said the odds appear to favor rising interest rates in coming months, but `` there is reason to believe the change will not be as abrupt as in 1958 nor as severe as in late 1959 and 1960 ''. | is | {
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`` In view of the current expansion, which promises to be substantial '' he said the odds appear to favor rising interest rates in coming months, but `` there is reason to believe the change will not be as abrupt as in 1958 nor as severe as in late 1959 and 1960 ''. | be | {
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Sprinkel strongly refuted the current neo-stagnationist thesis that we are facing a future of limited and slow growth, declaring that this pessimism `` is based on very limited and questionable evidence ''. | refuted | {
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Rather than viewing the abortive recovery in 1959 - 60 as a reason for believing we have lost prospects for growth ``, he said '' it should be viewed as a lesson well learned which will increase the probability of substantial improvement in this recovery ``. | viewing | {
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Rather than viewing the abortive recovery in 1959 - 60 as a reason for believing we have lost prospects for growth ``, he said '' it should be viewed as a lesson well learned which will increase the probability of substantial improvement in this recovery ``. | lost | {
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He cautioned that `` the greater danger in this recovery may be excessive stimulation by government which could bring moderate inflation ''. | cautioned | {
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The economist does not look for a drastic switch in the budget during this recovery and believes it `` even more unlikely that the Federal Reserve will aggressively tighten monetary policy in the early phases of the upturn as was the case in 1958 ''. | believes | {
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The economist does not look for a drastic switch in the budget during this recovery and believes it `` even more unlikely that the Federal Reserve will aggressively tighten monetary policy in the early phases of the upturn as was the case in 1958 ''. | tighten | {
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The economist does not look for a drastic switch in the budget during this recovery and believes it `` even more unlikely that the Federal Reserve will aggressively tighten monetary policy in the early phases of the upturn as was the case in 1958 ''. | was | {
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The unsatisfactory 1958 - 60 expansion, he said, was not due to inadequate growth forces inherent in our economy but rather to the adverse effect of inappropriate economic policies combined with retrenching decisions resulting from the steel strike. | said | {
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The unsatisfactory 1958 - 60 expansion, he said, was not due to inadequate growth forces inherent in our economy but rather to the adverse effect of inappropriate economic policies combined with retrenching decisions resulting from the steel strike. | was | {
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The unsatisfactory 1958 - 60 expansion, he said, was not due to inadequate growth forces inherent in our economy but rather to the adverse effect of inappropriate economic policies combined with retrenching decisions resulting from the steel strike. | combined | {
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The unsatisfactory 1958 - 60 expansion, he said, was not due to inadequate growth forces inherent in our economy but rather to the adverse effect of inappropriate economic policies combined with retrenching decisions resulting from the steel strike. | resulting | {
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Draper declared, `` As I see it, this country has never faced such great dangers as threaten us today. | declared | {
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Draper declared, `` As I see it, this country has never faced such great dangers as threaten us today. | see | {
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Draper declared, `` As I see it, this country has never faced such great dangers as threaten us today. | faced | {
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Draper declared, `` As I see it, this country has never faced such great dangers as threaten us today. | threaten | {
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We must justify our heritage. | justify | {
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We must be ready for any needed sacrifice ''. | be | {
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He said that from his experience of two years with Gen. Clay in West Berlin administration, that `` Russia respects our show of strength, but that presently we 're not acting as we should and must ''. | said | {
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He said that from his experience of two years with Gen. Clay in West Berlin administration, that `` Russia respects our show of strength, but that presently we 're not acting as we should and must ''. | respects | {
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He said that from his experience of two years with Gen. Clay in West Berlin administration, that `` Russia respects our show of strength, but that presently we 're not acting as we should and must ''. | 're | {
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He said that from his experience of two years with Gen. Clay in West Berlin administration, that `` Russia respects our show of strength, but that presently we 're not acting as we should and must ''. | acting | {
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He called the Cuban tractor plan an outright blackmail action, and noted that in war `` you can n't buy yourself out and that 's what we 're trying to do ''. | called | {
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He called the Cuban tractor plan an outright blackmail action, and noted that in war `` you can n't buy yourself out and that 's what we 're trying to do ''. | noted | {
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He called the Cuban tractor plan an outright blackmail action, and noted that in war `` you can n't buy yourself out and that 's what we 're trying to do ''. | buy | {
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He called the Cuban tractor plan an outright blackmail action, and noted that in war `` you can n't buy yourself out and that 's what we 're trying to do ''. | 's | {
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He called the Cuban tractor plan an outright blackmail action, and noted that in war `` you can n't buy yourself out and that 's what we 're trying to do ''. | 're | {
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He called the Cuban tractor plan an outright blackmail action, and noted that in war `` you can n't buy yourself out and that 's what we 're trying to do ''. | trying | {
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He called the Cuban tractor plan an outright blackmail action, and noted that in war `` you can n't buy yourself out and that 's what we 're trying to do ''. | do | {
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While he declined to suggest, how, he said that sooner or later we must get rid of Castro, `` for unless we do we 're liable to face similar situations in this hemisphere. | declined | {
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While he declined to suggest, how, he said that sooner or later we must get rid of Castro, `` for unless we do we 're liable to face similar situations in this hemisphere. | suggest | {
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While he declined to suggest, how, he said that sooner or later we must get rid of Castro, `` for unless we do we 're liable to face similar situations in this hemisphere. | said | {
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While he declined to suggest, how, he said that sooner or later we must get rid of Castro, `` for unless we do we 're liable to face similar situations in this hemisphere. | get rid of | {
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While he declined to suggest, how, he said that sooner or later we must get rid of Castro, `` for unless we do we 're liable to face similar situations in this hemisphere. | face | {
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Its the start of a direct threat to our own security and I do n't believe we can permit that ''. | believe | {
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Its the start of a direct threat to our own security and I do n't believe we can permit that ''. | permit | {
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Stock market Tuesday staged a technical recovery, erasing all of Monday 's losses in the Associated Press average and making the largest gain in about two weeks. | staged | {
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Stock market Tuesday staged a technical recovery, erasing all of Monday 's losses in the Associated Press average and making the largest gain in about two weeks. | erasing | {
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Stock market Tuesday staged a technical recovery, erasing all of Monday 's losses in the Associated Press average and making the largest gain in about two weeks. | making | {
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Analysts saw the move as a continuation of the recovery drive that got under way late Monday afternoon when the list sank to a hoped-for `` support level '' represented by around 675 in the Dow Jones industrial average. | saw | {
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Analysts saw the move as a continuation of the recovery drive that got under way late Monday afternoon when the list sank to a hoped-for `` support level '' represented by around 675 in the Dow Jones industrial average. | got | {
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Analysts saw the move as a continuation of the recovery drive that got under way late Monday afternoon when the list sank to a hoped-for `` support level '' represented by around 675 in the Dow Jones industrial average. | sank | {
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Analysts saw the move as a continuation of the recovery drive that got under way late Monday afternoon when the list sank to a hoped-for `` support level '' represented by around 675 in the Dow Jones industrial average. | represented | {
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It was a level at which some of the investors standing on the sidelines were thought likely to buy the pivotal issues represented in the averages. | was | {
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Although it looked like a routine technical snapback to Wall Streeters it was accompanied by some good news. | looked like | {
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Although it looked like a routine technical snapback to Wall Streeters it was accompanied by some good news. | accompanied | {
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A substantial rise in new orders and sales of durable goods was reported for last month. | reported | {
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Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon said the economy is expected to advance by a whopping 8 % next year, paving the way for lower taxes. | said | {
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Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon said the economy is expected to advance by a whopping 8 % next year, paving the way for lower taxes. | expected | {
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Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon said the economy is expected to advance by a whopping 8 % next year, paving the way for lower taxes. | advance | {
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The Dow Jones industrial average advanced 7.19 to 687.87. | advanced | {
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