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Beat the Devil
Cockburn, Alexander | June 26, 1995 issue

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This article presents several news items related to the U.S., as of June 26, 1995. In the years directly after World War II, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California was seen as a vital weapon in the battle for the mind of Western Europe. U.S. assistance to bail out a France bankrupted by the war was withheld by Secretary of State James Byrnes until Prime Minister Léon Blum agreed to annul the import quota that limited Hollywood to 120 films a year. In another development Newt Gingrich faced a feisty demonstration at the American Booksellers Association meeting in Chicago on June 5 1995.

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MOTION pictures; BYRNES, James; NON-tariff trade barriers; DEMONSTRATIONS; GINGRICH, Newt; HOLLYWOOD (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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