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...internal debate, the Administration has shown more inclination to defend its strategy than to change it. Paul McCracken, the President's chief economist, insisted last week that the economy is entering "a period of transition" and that "we must not lose our cool." He has impressive evidence to bolster his argument. The growth of the output of goods and services has slackened. Profits are expected to fall in this year's third quarter. Housing, industrial production, new orders for factory goods and stock prices have declined. Over lunch at Pittsburgh's elite Duquesne Club, industrialists grumble about...
...return of these three standouts should bolster the Crimson, hampered by a series of minor injuries, for its tilt against an improved Holy Cross eleven Saturday...
...executive from 1955 to 1962, Oxford-educated Manley played a primary role in Jamaica's rise from a stagnant British Crown colony to political independence and economic wellbeing. He was among the first and foremost organizers of a campaign to attract both tourists and industry to bolster the island's historic one-crop sugar trade. The program was so successful that today Jamaica is one of the world's major producers of bauxite for aluminum and tourism is becoming a $100 million-a-year industry...
Wide Effects. The immediate effect of devaluation is to make French goods cheaper in world trade and visits to France less costly for foreign tourists. Both developments will bolster the French economy. The effects will be felt beyond France's borders, however. When the international money markets reopen this week, there are bound to be repercussions. The U.S. dollar should feel no strain because it still ranks as one of the world's strongest currencies, but the convalescent British pound seems certain to come under renewed speculative attack. Although London affirmed its determination to maintain the price...
...sisters' brother Andrey, who loses control of the household to his adulterous wife. He gives up his dream of becoming a famous university professor, and contents himself with being secretary to his wife's lover on the local county agriculture committee--a post so petty that he has to bolster his pride by berating a subordinate for not addressing him a "Your Honor," and--like Abe Fortas--seek solace in going off by himself to play the violin. Cariou makes him genuine, well-meaning, and pathetic; and I'd swear he really puts on weight during the three...