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Violent crime has had an even sharper increase. In the past 14 years, the rate of robberies has increased 255%, forcible rape 143%, aggravated assault 153% and murder 106% (see chart). Preliminary reports to the FBI this year show that the rate for violent crimes as well as property crimes like burglary is still sharply on the rise. Says a Chicago cop: "You just can't paint the picture...
...drastic step to solve one of the country's basic economic problems: prices, controlled by the Peronists as a populist measure, had fallen so far behind wages that production was lagging. Rodrigo announced price hikes in essential goods that quickly blossomed into across-the-board increases (see chart). On the first day of the new prices, many small stores simply closed their doors while owners put new price tags on merchandise already on hand and frantically called suppliers to find out how much it would cost to restock their shelves...
During the global boom from 1972 through early 1974, prices doubled and tripled for these and other commodities, fanning inflation in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Now prices have collapsed, largely because recession has cut world demand (see chart). The declines have helped slow the increase in living costs in most industrialized nations but have also reduced the export earnings of some developing countries. Many of their leaders are echoing the cry of Venezuela's President Carlos Andrés Pérez for a "new economic order" based on higher materials prices, and they are insisting that...
Therein lies the flaw in virtually all biographies of entertainers. Performance is a mysterious process, often beyond the comprehension of performer-and critic. That mystery is worth dissection; everything else is a banal fever chart of catcalls and triumphs...
...more optimistic members are betting that a big sell-off of swollen business inventories will soon leave corporations able to reorder goods and cause production to turn up. The Government figures that business inventories in March declined $1.92 billion, the largest drop on record (see chart). Board members are also banking on a strong surge of consumer spending in the months ahead as a consequence of slowing inflation and the reduction in income tax withholding rates that took effect on May 1. Even more important, the $100 to $200 rebate checks that the Government is now mailing to all taxpayers...