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...gave the word depression its menacing ring. Indeed, if the current downturn ever approached such severity, the great majority of economists are confident that the Government could forestall a repeat. Says Martin Feldstein, president of the National Bureau of Economic Research: "If we really found ourselves falling off a cliff, there is very little disagreement about how to get ourselves back. We have the right tools to overcome a depression...
...glorious. Each morning, seduced from official papers, I sat on the veranda behind my office at the Western White House in San Clemente and watched as the sun burned the fog off the ocean. Occasionally I saw a slight, stoop-shouldered figure amble along the edge of the cliff beyond which lay only the beach and the Pacific. In that tranquil setting Richard Nixon was enduring the long final torment of his political career. Outside of the seclusion of San Clemente, the country buzzed with speculation about whether he would survive as President. He himself seemed calm. He rarely talked...
Hard luck nagged the Crimson throughout: Distance specialist Bruce Weber didn't compete because of strep throat, and lingering injuries hobbled runners Cliff Sheehan, Eric Schuler and Mark Henry...
...roses appeared on desk tops and smiles lit up faces at the Fogg Art Museum earlier this week as a three-wek "cliff-hanger" over the fare of the Museum's proposed extension ended happily. On Saturday President Bok announced he would approve plans for the $16.5 million building, if officials could raise $3 million by March 15, and an additional $3 million over the next three years. The Overseers' Visiting Committee to the Fogg, which will be responsible for raising the funds is confident they will have no trouble meeting Bok's deadlines. Since the president cancelled the plans...
...round of cuts that every other airline feels obliged to match. Things are out of hand, says Timoner, and the time has come to raise fares. Earnings for Air Florida's fourth quarter are expected to be down sharply. "It's like lemmings throwing themselves off a cliff," says he. "There's no logic to it at this point. It's unbusinesslike...