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...funding during the same period. Six thousand fewer people received federal services as a result. In addition, the local CETA administration reports that it has experienced a drop of almost 20 percent in the number of people it places in jobs after completion of training programs because of general caution in the business community...
Although Fahd may ultimately prove more forceful than Khalid in espousing policies favorable to the U.S., Saudi specialists caution that he will have to act slowly so as not to offend traditionalists at home and Arab opinion abroad at a time when U.S. military and political support to Israel is being blamed for the latest Arab humiliation in Lebanon. Says Iseman: "This is not a time for the U.S. to expect bold new initiatives from him." Behind the scenes, Fahd has already proved to be a skillful diplomat. After the Israelis launched their drive into Lebanon, Fahd quickly flew...
...development and those of tradition is as acute as ever, as are the possibilities for further regional conflicts. Fahd's biggest challenge will be to maintain the course of political moderation set by his predecessors, a challenge in which the Saudi rulers' traditional virtues of consensus, caution and consistency should greatly assist him. -By Marguerite Johnson. Reported by Raji Samghabadi/New York and William Stewart/Beirut
While consumers have generally been big spenders in the past two months, some economists doubt that they will be able to keep that up much longer. Argues Michael Evans of Evans Economics, a Washington, D.C., forecasting firm: "This is a year of caution and retrenchment. Without a substantial decline in interest rates, it is very difficult to see how consumption can keep rising." Other economists point out that plunging home prices are likely to depress spending. Moreover, rising state and local levies will probably diminish the stimulative effects of next month's federal...
...smoke grenade over the fence with only eight laps to go. It billowed thick green smoke across the track and obscured the vision of the drivers cruising past at 190 miles per hour. Fortunately, the canister fell four feet short of the track and didn't cause a yellow caution flag, which probably would have changed the race's outcome...