Word: analysts
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...recently appointed chairman of the department, although well-known as an economist and analyst of selected urban systems, is neither a city planner nor a regional planner...
Chairman Kain, "although well-known as an economist and analyst of selected urban systems, is neither a city planner nor a regional planner...
There is no doubt that what Hanoi wants most from the West is economic help, whether it comes in the form of aid or trade. Despite the $23 billion in assistance poured into South Viet Nam between 1950 and 1974, the newly united country remains, according to one top analyst, among the 25 poorest nations in the world. Its rich mineral resources, including oil, are largely untapped. In the wake of war, agriculture is a shambles. Viet Nam's foreign trade, mostly with the Soviet Union and Japan, ran a disastrous $570 million deficit last year...
...local utility. Frank Joseph, editor of a Washington oil trade journal, saw his January bill more than double, to $161. Chicagoan Louisa McPharlin shelled out $328 for oil heating and had to forgo other expenditures, "like decorating the house." Roger Young, a 31-year-old New York City securities analyst, got a $320 January bill from Consolidated Edison for his six-bedroom Westchester home, even though he used less gas and electricity than a year...
Cash Machines. Such economies are making newspapers so profitable -and thus so desirable as investment properties-that prices will probably continue to soar. Industry analysts concede that $125 million for the Star and Times may sound high, but add that the stodgy, bland and earnest dailies should become immensely profitable under firmer management from Capital Cities; besides, as in most U.S. cities, the papers have no real competition. "It is extremely difficult and expensive to start a new newspaper," says Otis Chandler. "Thus the ones that are in place and going are even more valuable." This is particularly true since...