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Hanging over one of the higher window panes in Frank Fisher's office in the back of 54 Dunster Street is a small lead frame with the stained glass image of a carrot and stick superimposed upon a square Crimson H. The office itself is a brown study of spartan furnshings and dusky bookishness. The start Harvard armchairs, the large and brooding rug, the huge oak-slab desk spattered with papers, the shelves of volumes bound in lusterless red--all bear the bloodless mark of a collection that has had to depend for its light on a tiny ration...
...know what just walked by?" drawled Bench to a crowd. "A carrot. qnd you know what? Somebody's gonna haveta eat it tomorrow. Before the parade. Bugs Bunny will be there. Yubadeyubadayubada--That's all, Folks...
...fiscal crisis has deepened, the city has belatedly dangled a small carrot to attract business. The Economic Development Administration has started issuing bonds and using the proceeds to cover construction costs for certain industries that want to move to the city or expand their operations. There are also signs that the city's economy may be bottoming out. A recent report by the New School for Social Research suggests that New York has once again become cost-competitive with the rest of the country; because of overbuilding, office space, for example, has become less expensive...
...student is the proverbial donkey," the section man said. "But Harvard offers too much carrot, and not enough stick...
...then, has been responsible for fattening the carrot and shortening the stick...