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...steep climb up three floors to the bare office of newly arrived Professor of Philosophy Thomas N. Scanlon, a climb perhaps symbolic of the distance many philosophers feet from the mundanities of the "real world...
...Building goalposts "like Fort Knox," with materials strong enough to support as many people as could climb on them, Fiering said. However, using goalposts that strong "would mean bringing in a crane every time a goalpost was to be moved or altered," Fiering added...
Whatever is causing the dollar's climb, both the U.S. rebound and the strong currency have been a tonic to many countries. Reason: the thriving economy whets the American appetite for imports, while the strong dollar slashes the price of foreign exports to the U.S. This has been particularly important to the indebted developing countries. Brazilian exports to the U.S. have climbed 44% over the past two years, to an estimated $6.9 billion for 1984, while Mexico's are up 15%, to $18 billion. Boasts Treasury Secretary Donald Regan: "What is good...
...rate hikes that will almost certainly boost the price of a first-class postage stamp from 20? to 22? early next year. A 1? hike in the price of a postcard, to 14?, was also suggested. The first general rate increases since 1981 apparently will include an average 13% climb in the cost of bulk classes of business mail...
...overseas. Like U.S. military personnel everywhere, they show the beneficial effects of four years of sharply increased spending by the Reagan Administration on military pay, equipment and facilities, as well as a post-Viet Nam restoration of pride in the armed forces. The troops are also benefiting from the climb of the U.S. dollar and a decline in the sporadic leftist terrorism that plagued West Germany from the late 1960s until 1982. The result is a big increase in the eagerness and capability of the soldiers who man a key section of NATO's defense in Western Europe. Says...