Word: aborted
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Liberals and conservatives are joining forces now to warn of the dangers of the deficits. Walter Heller, a Democrat who was chief economic adviser to both John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, argues that the Administration's deficit spree might induce such tight money that it would abort any recovery. Heller wants to shrink the deficit mainly by raising taxes in 1983, a step that could batter the economy even lower. Some conservative economists predict that the result of the red ink will be higher interest rates. Says Burton Malkiel, an adviser to Gerald Ford and now dean...
...about 5100 at the University. Chances are Congress will soften the blow somewhat this spring, as it modified Reagan's education reductions for 1982. But as tuition costs rise, anything even approaching the Administration's proposal could force hundreds of thousands of aspiring historians, physicians, lawyers and engineers to abort their plans for the future...
...individual income tax cuts will cost an estimated $557 billion over six years, a staggering figure; the breaks for business have ballooned the figure to $749 billion. Critics fear that the results will be stunning deficits that will fan inflation and keep interest rates high enough to abort a recovery from the present severe recession and possibly discourage the very business investment that both the Administration and Congress wanted to prompt. The latest Commerce Department survey shows that businessmen are actually planning a .5% cutback in their spending for new plant and equipment, adjusted for inflation, in 1982; such spending...
...this week, would have time for "goofing off," Slayton noted. As a crowd of half a million gathered at Cape Canaveral, the only apparent clouds on the horizon were the clouds on the horizon-an Atlantic storm that could pose a landing problem should the mission have to abort. But the go-ahead was given and the final countdown begun. Only in its last nine minutes did the mechanical elements start to bluster...
...letters [July 20] regarding "Death of a Twin" opposed that marvelous operation. Not one expressed sympathy for the mother who chose to abort the twin with Down's syndrome. It is easy to be pious, idealistic or shocked at the solution to someone else's problem. But what is so wonderful about knowingly bringing a retarded child into the world? It is a blessing to the infant...