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...Kissinger's specters of foreign enemies, but Western industrial capitalism, is the real cause of economic crisis. It is unfair and unfortunate that this generation of Americans should bear the brunt of the economic burden for the crimes and errors committed by their country over the last century. But the people of the Mideast have been bearing the cost for our well-being, as well as the well-being of their rulers, for too long...
...onto the Exchange floor the morning after Black Thursday and placed the most famous order in Exchange history, "205 for Steel," a half-hearted attempt by the big banks to put a floor under the Market. It was Whitney who, in the years after the Crash, bore the chief brunt of the Congressional investigations into stock market practices. As he grew more and more ultraconservative and self-confident about the financial world of Wall Street's Old Guard (at one point he told a Congressional committee the Stock Exchange was "a perfect institution"), Whitney's personal affairs deteriorated...
Meanwhile, back in this country, Americans will bear an increasing brunt of this international redistribution of income. Right now, with the marked concentration of wealth that characterizes American society, some sectors of the population bear a much heavier burden than others. But it is likely that all groups will be continually exposed to the effects of the shrinking dollar. The recession that government and business leaders term temporary could very likely lengthen into a permanent decline in the American standard of living...
...whole team railed (my name impaled), Cosell must bear the brunt...
...compromise linking American trade concessions to an easing of Soviet emigration policy (TIME, Oct. 28) both angered and embarrassed Moscow. Kissinger, who was reportedly infuriated by both Jackson's gloating tone and his premature tuning three weeks ago, is even angrier now that he has borne the brunt of Brezhnev's displeasure for the Senator's grandstanding. Beyond that, Kissinger fears that the Soviets will try to save face by balking on the agreement...