Word: autumn
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Pentagon officials are particularly concerned about the quantitative lead the Sovi et Union holds in manpower with its 3.7 million men, in contrast to 2.1 million for the U.S. The Soviet conscription system is indeed impressive. On a single day every spring and autumn, about half a million 18-year-old males cram into flag-bedecked train stations across the Soviet Union as they set off to begin mandatory military service. Except for those who have been selected for three-year stints in the navy and border guard, the new draftees will begin two years of rigorous training, living...
Some observers suggested the autumn's good news about women may also have concealed a measure of bad news. Says Elizabeth Young '85, the outgoing president of the Radcliffe Union of Students: "It's great to have a survey of sexual harassment but look what its showed." The report, says Young, "proved definitively how serious a problem harassment is and how inadequately it's been addressed...
Consumer confidence is in full bloom. The University of Michigan's autumn survey of public attitudes measured the highest level of optimism about the economy since 1972. A prime reason is the fall in unemployment. Some 3.5 million more Americans have jobs this Christmas than last, and people are less concerned about losing employment. Last week the Federal Reserve reported that consumer installment debt rose a record $4.9 billion in October, a sure sign that consumers expect the business recovery to continue. Observes Beverly Garner, owner of Gilt Edge Gifts in Cincinnati: "Shoppers don't have the down...
...fenced-in, members only garden of the Fly Club for 27 years. All nine clubs are authorized to purchase Harvard's private list of alumni addresses, a privilege normally accorded only to official student groups. Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III helps coordinate the club's annual autumn selection process...
...that output is "growing faster than even we expected." The rebound has rescued some 2 million Americans from unemployment and given millions more a new feeling of confidence. Families are buying more shirts and sofas, carpets and computers, autos and airline tickets now than they were in the bleak autumn of 1982. Factories are bustling again as companies hurriedly build up inventories to make sure they stay ahead of demand. The Federal Reserve Board reported last week that industrial production hit an all-time peak in October, up 14.8% from the recession's 1982 low point...