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...employees laid off. But would a balanced budget bring any quick payoff for the average American? Yes, according to many economists and Wall Street analysts. A deficit-free America would enjoy widespread benefits in the form of lower interest rates for mortgages and business loans. That would spur a boom in housing construction and business investment, creating jobs and raising incomes...
M.I.T. Museum. 265 Mass Ave., Cambridge. 253-4444. Through June 18. "From Louis Sullivan to SOM: Boston Grads Go to Chicago." Through drawings and artifacts, this exhibition explores the explosive growth of Chicago in the last quarter of the 19th century and the contributions to this building boom by MIT and Boston architects...
...resolution calling for full diplomatic ties will be introduced soon. The resolution is popular for reasons that are not only economic but strategic: the end of the cold war has created an East Asian power vacuum in which Vietnam could play a key role. Swollen by an astonishing economic boom of its own, China appears eager to muscle into that vacuum. Its recent moves to garrison disputed islands in the South China Sea have even led to arguments by top Vietnamese officials that the U.S. uphold the regional balance of power by bringing Vietnam back into its orbit of influence...
Although he "heard an extremely loud boom andsaw a black cloud of smoke," Howell said he had noidea of the extent of the destruction until hewent outside with a co-worker...
...years and insteadfilled the street with Coco the Monkey, clowns,singers, psychics and belly dancers. "These arenot famous people, never superstars, but they areall great, " added John J. Abbott, Jr. '96, Ibis."You don't pay them 10 bucks to see their show.You just walk down Mt. Auburn, and boom, you getentertainment from them...