Word: concerned
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During the last year, questions of sensitivity have dominated discussions on campus, whether they concern Blacks, women or gays. At The Crimson, our sensitivity has been challenged. Shortly after we had begun publishing last spring, the first complaints set in. For a What Is to Be Done issue on Black History Month, we profiled a Black playwright who considers the Black contribution to history to be largely worthless...
...Born in New York City, Boskin earned his three degrees at Berkeley. Says he: "I am eclectic, but I have a lot of strong principles." His precepts center on the belief that "market forces work best, but there are situations where they don't work perfectly." Boskin's primary concern about the U.S. economy is its low savings and investment rate, a problem he attributes partly to the high deficits of the Reagan era. The economist concedes that the Reagan Administration's tax cuts did not inspire the increased saving his research says they should have, but he maintains...
...That concern is echoed by resurgent Keynesian economists, who are trying to adapt their mostly liberal views to current conditions. Virtually counted out when inflation surged along with unemployment in the 1970s, the Keynesians now point out that Reagan borrowed from their philosophy in propelling his economic boom with deficit spending, which Keynesians have long advocated as a cure for slumps. "Keynesianism was vindicated by these last eight years," says Princeton economist Alan Blinder, a leading exponent of the school of thought. Blinder insists, however, that the deficits have got far out of hand...
...City speculation swirled in the corridors of the United Nations. "Is it possible that Gorbachev has reached the crucible?" asked a West German Kremlinologist. "Yes it is." Even a senior Soviet diplomat admitted, "The worst could happen, and it could come soon." Yet for all the jittery expressions of concern, officials in Bonn, Paris and London roundly dismissed any talk of burying Gorbachev prematurely. In Washington officials contended that the rumors had been fanned by the East Germans and Czechs, and resulted from wishful thinking...
Nonetheless, there is ample cause for concern. Unlike many other diseases, AIDS remains fatal; there is no known cure. It is still spreading rapidly among intravenous drug abusers. They pass along the virus to those who share needles with them or to sexual partners, both male and female. Women who are part of the drug scene often transmit the virus to their unborn children, almost surely dooming them to an early death. Some researchers fear that AIDS could eventually spread, through heterosexual intercourse, from addicts to the population at large. But so far the epidemic has confined itself...