Word: auge
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...finding John De Lorean not guilty [NATION, Aug. 27], the jury let it be known that even in 1984, Americans do not want Big Brother watching them...
...cannot get too excited about President Reagan's off-the-record comment about bombing the Soviet Union [PRESS, Aug. 27]. What I am excited about is the fact that Reporter Ann Devroy and the Gannett News Service went ahead and printed the remark, knowing the seriousness of their action and knowing it was made in jest...
...economic consultant for the past 38 years, I am appalled at the damage my peers have done with their erroneous predictions [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, Aug. 27]. The blame must lie with the schools of business administration and their brash M.B.A.s. Their ardent embrace of econometrics and the computer has caused them to abandon the philosophical concepts of economics. Business schools should re-examine their precepts before the dismal science disappears...
Katherine Ortega's role as Treasurer of the U.S. is much more than "largely honorific" [NATION, Aug. 20]. Ortega, the G.O.P. keynote speaker, is responsible for three major agencies within the Department of the Treasury: the U.S. Savings Bonds Division, the Bureau of Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. She supervises more than 5,000 employees and manages a budget of some $280 million. Under her supervision, holdings of U.S. savings bonds have risen nearly 11%, to well over $73 billion. Ortega is a decisive, take-charge leader...
Charles Krauthammer's article "Holiday: Living on a Return Ticket" [ESSAY, Aug. 27) is a sad commentary on our society. If we were not so self-indulgent and hedonistic, we would not be in need of vacations on which people immerse themselves in drugs, participate in wars or make moral judgments on other societies. A trip to the beach would probably suffice...