Word: arthur
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...reference to upperclass adviser Arthur C. Kyrianzis '80 as "big brothers" has illuminated two long-standing errors in the informal programs once run by three undergraduate houses that had freshmen. First, we naively referred to our programs directly as "Big Sibling" programs, rather than cleverly divising a more formal cover title like "Students Helping Students." Second, we explicitly recognized that advisers might be of either sex by calling them "big brothers and sisters." Our mistakes and obvious lack of professionalism have now been made clear...
Nonetheless, there are enough uncertainties to make any forecast subject to serious error. Democrat Arthur Okun, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Lyndon Johnson, is concerned that the Federal Reserve may yet push interest rates high enough and squeeze hard enough on the U.S. money supply to bring about a recession. In the absence of any effective anti-inflation program from the Carter Administration, says Okun, "the Fed really has only two buttons in front of it. One says, 'Validate 7½% inflation' [by pouring out enough money to permit prices to go on rising at that...
...long? One answer may be that Government programs and the tax system work to reduce the incentive for the deprived to take jobs, at least in areas where welfare benefits are high. That is the conclusion of an analysis of inner-city family income in Los Angeles by Economist Arthur ("Curve") Laffer, who has popularized the theory that lower tax rates lead to increased business activity and therefore to higher tax revenues...
...trends begin to shift? Arthur M. Bueche, senior vice president for R. and D. at General Electric, which remains the most research-oriented of big U.S. companies (862 patents won last year), is concerned about a change in the American character. Says he: "We've gone from an expansive, gung-ho attitude to a defensive, 'What's in it for me?' attitude." Faced with a challenge, Americans are now more likely to say, "Let's not risk it." Among factors behind the U.S.'s "innovation recession...
...Husbands and wives are forced into conversation at the breakfast table, though the court system has not yet recorded any resulting alteration in the divorce rate. Office workers are loath to lunch alone, since a solo meal without a newspaper is like a day without sunshine. Says Press Agent Arthur Rubine, who has sought companionship in the Daily Racing Form: "It's no fun to go to the bathroom any more...