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...class. "Look at James Taylor," he says. "His father is dean of the Medical School at University of North Carolina. Or Carly Simon, of Simon and Schuster. You don't have to grow up in the ghetto any more to be a pop star. The pop star doesn't climb a ladder to success any more. Lots of people who attended elite colleges go on to become very good and successful professional musicians." Going to Harvard has neither helped nor hindered his musical development. In the face of the immobility of pop record executives, though, Lyon has turned to theatrical...
READING THE SIGNS. Economists' hopes for an upturn are not based on any single indicator, since many are still dropping. But the decline is slowing, and some trends are emerging that in the past have helped the economy to climb back out of a slump...
Born the son of a small-town salt merchant in Chekiang province on China's central coast, Chiang trained as a soldier, spoke like a revolutionary, and seemed destined for power. His climb began with an introduction, through a friend, to Sun Yatsen, the zealous revolutionary whose nationalistic movement brought down the already doddering Manchu empire in 1911. Cadet Chiang, a 24-year-old student at a military school in Japan, rushed home to join Sun's fledgling revolution. Chiang rose steadily through the military ranks of Sun's Canton-based Kuomintang (Nationalist Party...
...that it will hit $5 billion by year's end. Though the government still predicts a 4% gain in Canada's output of goods and services for the year, some economists believe that zero growth is more likely. The jobless rate, at present 6.8%, is expected to climb to between 8% and 10%. Inflation, which has just edged down to 9.6% after two years of ranging above 10%, is expected to subside only gradually. Reason: hefty wage settlements being won by unions...
...directions at once. 1-93 thunders right overhead. Mass confusion Large numbers of MBTA--employees standing around shouting advice to on one in particular. As of toady Sullivan Square is a major bus terminus. Every bus that stops draws a crowd of supplicants. Only a few confident enough to climb aboard. High school girls everywhere by the thousands. probably the main source of support for the MBTA. They look like they know where they're going...