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...guess I'm of the view that every little bit helps," said Richard N. Cooper, Boas professor of international economics. "The fact is that consumers seem to be in a very cau- tious mood...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Economics Professors Attack Bush's Address | 1/30/1992 | See Source »

...Mekong Delta, where 80% of South Viet Nam's rice is grown, seven out of ten families were tenants, paying 30% or more of their income to the landlords for their land, seed and the use of a buffalo. Typical of the tenants was Tran Van Cau, 42, a farmer in the Delta village of Tan Loc. For ten years, Cau had tilled a small 4½-acre tract; he paid rent first to a local landlord, then for six years to the Viet Cong, then to the original landlord, who moved back after government troops "pacified" the village...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Courting the 800,000 | 4/10/1972 | See Source »

Elder then spoke and said he approved of the general principle of the report. However, he said he "wanted to be cau- tious because there are so many open-ended financial commitments...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Faculty Delays Vote On Wolff Proposals, Will Act Next Month | 4/9/1969 | See Source »

...north near Hanoi, Red MIGs made a rare appearance, jumping a flight of Phantoms in a ten-minute fight over Dap Cau railroad bridge. The MIGs missed; a Phantom's Sidewinder missile did not, and down went the 19th MIG kill of the war. It was a bang-up end to a heartening week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Craters Within Craters | 9/23/1966 | See Source »

...chairman would vote only in case of a tie). Further more, all ten Quebec Conservatives in the House of Commons appear fed up with Diefenbaker's obstructionist tac tics at a time when pressing legislation is awaiting Parliamentary action. After hearing the committee report, they cau cused and announced that they will go their own way, supporting the com mittee flag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Flag by Committee | 11/6/1964 | See Source »

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