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...offer him one of my Marlboros. This is not, I gather, what he wants. With beer at 90 cents a pop, dope has become cost effective, a weird Republican alternative: more bang for the buck...
...gold frenzy continues to weaken the buck, OPEC might again move to lift its dollar-denominated price of oil sharply. Uncertainty over just what the greenback will be worth in months ahead would slow much trade that is negotiated in dollars. Beyond that, economists disagree about whether gold itself poses any threat. Many believe, as Economist John Maynard Keynes said, that gold is just a "barbarous relic," a commodity like pork bellies that should have no more monetary impact than wampum beads. Yet in this real world, the bullion boom could ultimately prove highly inflationary...
...will be deeper and longer than was predicted only three months ago. So some economists dispute Volcker's assertion that "what basically is good for the dollar is good for the economy at home." They are fearful that in his zeal to raise interest rates to buttress the buck abroad, he will worsen the Interest rates have been rising through the industrialized world since July, as governments try to curb inflation. But the U.S. has been playing catch-up with European and Japanese rates. At present, U.S. interest levels are no higher than existing U.S. inflation rates; thus there...
...office space battle is a poor excuse for failure. Rubin points out that the Freshman Task Force does not have an office either. "It seems like there's some passing of the buck here," Rubin remarked...
John Murphy, freshman Buck Logan, captain Thad McNulty and Noel Scidmore rounded out the Harvard scorers, placing fourth, ninth, tenth and thirteenth respectively. Adam Dixon, a half-miler trying out cross country for the first time this season, took fourteenth...