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...have little to do with the real fears of people; that is, the private feelings of an individual that his life is in a constant state of jeopardy, and that there is no course available but to live either sybaritically or timorously until the occasion of the inevitable boom. Cultural manifestations of public feelings are not very hard to read, but people are a lot more complicated than the things they produce to represent them. No film, book, play or game ever tells how seriously we take even our own ideas. It is possible that many of these works merely...
...meeting in the Swiss banking center of Zurich. Hans Mast, a University of Zurich lecturer and executive vice president of Crédit Suisse, pointed to Western Europe's estimated trade surplus of $25 billion this year, compared with $10 billion a year ago, as evidence that an export boom is propelling most of the growth. Western Europe this year is expected to have a surplus of $30 billion in trade with...
BRITAIN. Despite relatively high interest rates, the British economy is showing some symptoms of a boom, according to Samuel Brittan. Not counting North Sea oil operations, profits have nearly doubled in the past four years. That is due in part to increased investment. The British economist foresees growth this year reaching 3.5%, but attributes a full percent of it to a temporary boost from the ending of the miners' strike. He expects the expansion to taper off to 2.25% next year. Brittan noted that the slowdown in the U.S. has not seriously affected West European growth so far because...
...Rudy Perpich said his package of inducements was worth $1.3 billion to the company. To remind GM's executives of its lures, Missouri erected a billboard in downtown Detroit that read GIVE US A RING. Another sign said CHICAGO WANTS YOU. Celebrities were enlisted as well. Boxer Ray ("Boom Boom") Mancini touted Youngstown, Ohio, and Golfing Great Arnold Palmer praised Westmoreland County, Penn...
...According to the captain, “You can’t tell us 4,000 [people will attend] and have 10,000 show up.” The BPD was also apparently led to believe that there would be “no entertainment, but kids were carrying boom-boxes and singing karaoke.” If this is the case, Evans has every right to be upset with the handling of some aspects of the tailgate’s preparation. But these are changes that can be made with a little trouble; they do not necessitate an entire...