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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unthinkable Rate. A strong case can be made that the Government is overdoing its credit tightness and that the time has come for a change. Last week, however, a Federal Reserve official said that the board is persisting with its year-old policies. Interest rates reached yet another new high...
HIS suits are shiny, his shoe heels generally worn. The nation's No. 1 consumer guardian is a conspicuous non-consumer. Ralph Nader does not care much about goods or appearances, and his income rules out luxury. He earns nothing from most of his work and supports himself by writing...
On weekends, Nader hitchhiked out of town?just to see the U.S.?and learned, among many other things, that trucks were not built the way he and truck drivers thought they should be. For instance, a coat hanger in some truck cabs could puncture a driver's skull in...
Later, at Harvard Law School, Nader was passed over for the staff of the prestigious Law Review, but became editor of the school's issue-oriented newspaper. One of his articles was "American Cars: Designed for Death." After graduation, he pursued his growing interest in highway safety while working as...
A lanky six-footer who is constantly behind schedule and late for appointments, Nader can be painfully shy among strangers. When asked to give his name in hotels and on planes, he often tries to avoid recognition and replies, "Nader, initial R." He even keeps his birthday secret lest admirers...