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Lacking any other solutions, most economists look to the Fed and its newly reappointed chairman, Alan Greenspan, for the next move. "I consider the tight monetary policy pursued so far by the Fed as blatantly irresponsible," says Philip Braverman, chief economist of DKB Securities. "Inflation is not the enemy any longer. The real enemy is recession." So far this year, wholesale prices have fallen at a 1.7% annual rate, a trend that will give critics of the Fed more leverage in arguing for interest rates even lower than Greenspan has already pushed them. And as the 1992 elections approach...
Well-meaning advice to be sure, but utter nonsense. "They're not going to find anything in the water," says Dr. Lewis Braverman, chief of endocrinology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Lithium decreases the thyroid's output instead of increasing it. As for iodine, a person would have to consume at least 10 to 50 times the normal daily dosage in order to trigger hyperthyroidism. "It's sort of a feeding frenzy," says Dr. Charles Christian, physician in chief at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. "All the attention is pressuring the people taking care...
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...Nancy C. Braverman '89, projects coordinator for the William James Society, said the organization's goal is to help students "get more familiar with professors" in informal discussions, lectures, colloquia, and dinners. She added that the group is planning events that are "not exclusively for people interested in psychology," possibly including a panel on eating disorders, she said...
...Highet '88 said Braverman, who is histhesis adviser, had him outline his thesis afterwriting it, has given precise comments and takenthe time to work closely with...