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...Union, and Len Murray, T.U.C. general secretary. They insist that a 5% limit is feasible, provided it is matched by import controls and strict regulation of prices. But the government is opposed to curbs on imports, believing quite rightly that they would only provoke retaliation by other nations and choke off any chance that Britain has of an export-led recovery. Healey also wants to loosen rather than tighten price controls to give British industry sufficient profits to invest more heavily in badly needed new plants...
...language of the film speaks for itself. Its words belong to the man on the street; its tempo gives the movie the balanced, quick paced, one-liner feeling of a fight. The characters in Rockycan't ever say exactly what they mean--they choke their subject or miss the mark, shooting straight from the hip--but in their very inarticulateness their funny, everyday struggles are revealed...
...than even it intended and the nation's money supply grew at a miserly annual rate of 2%. That caused interest rates, which had dropped sharply from their towering peaks of 1974, to rise again, and stirred worry that high interest costs and a shortage of money would choke off the fledgling recovery. But lately the Federal Reserve has eased its stand, and seems likely to get back to Chairman Arthur Burns' target of 5% to 7½% growth. Many economists believe that a more rapid increase would be desirable-Andrew Brimmer, a Harvard professor and former member...
...changed as much as some would have us believe. When I hear about equal rights, and equal opportunity and upward mobility, and when people tell me how much progress has been made and how lucky I am to be at Harvard, I don't have to think twice. I choke...
There is a lingering fear that the Federal Reserve Board will choke off the recovery by following a parsimonious money policy. The board has pledged to increase the nation's money supply by 5% to 7½% a year, but during October the money stock actually went down. Lately, though, the board seems to have been easing its stance. Last week, in what experts interpreted as confirmation of the new trend, Chairman Arthur Burns told the Senate Banking Committee that the Federal Reserve would now follow a "course of moderation" in order to promote recovery. Already, as a result...