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...gross national product. As a result, the board now predicts that G.N.P. will grow at a robust annual rate of 6% in the second quarter. That represents a significant increase from the 4.3% rate members forecast when they met in February, and would approach the 7% clip that postwar recoveries have averaged during the first year after a recession...
...many of these institutions raising their fees at a clip greater than the 3.9% inflation rate of 1982? For one thing, private colleges depend on tuition for more than half their income. During the past decade, even when inflation hit its peak of 13.3% in 1979, most schools hesitated to boost fees at the same rate to cover costs that were climbing as well. As a result, faculty raises lagged and colleges deferred maintenance. Moreover, Government research grants, which help sustain 50 to 60 of the larger universities, private as well as public, have leveled off in the Reagan years...
...Bloopers #5 (NBC), rated ninth in the same week, was a virtual clone of Life's Most Embarrassing Moments, but with a salacious twist. The word censored in the title was intended to turn viewers into video voyeurs. The host, Dick Clark, slick and eternally adolescent, sniggered as clips were shown of an elephant's trunk probing a zoo warden's crotch and an overly affectionate orangutan tweaking a newswoman's breast.. On a clip from Hollywood Squares, the late Paul Lynde replied to a question about what can make a monkey cry: "Learning that...
...next battleground in the soft-drink industry is likely to be over the sweeteners used in diet drinks. Low-calorie sodas, which make up some 20% of the carbonated-beverage market, have been growing at a 10% to 15% annual clip. That delights firms because diet drinks are the most profitable ones they make. Reason: saccharin, used in most diet soft drinks, costs one-tenth as much as sugar. But there is some concern that saccharin in extremely large doses may cause cancer; besides, the sweetener leaves an aftertaste. Firms have been experimenting with other artificial sweeteners. One of them...
...heavyweight race Harvard maintained a steady 35 strokes-per-minute clip, beating the Huskies by five seconds. "The main factor in the race was definitely the conditions" Captain Campbell Roger said yesterday. With our lead after the first 100 meters we just tried to row smoothly--we were battling the conditions more than we were Northeastern...