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...slide further out of the picture. The chestnut colt took a disliking to the sloppy going that day, loped around in last place most of the way and almost fell after stumbling just past the finish line. Trainer Johnny Campo's horse now has a swollen knee to contend with because of the mishap...
Faced with all these pressures, some economists throw up their hands and contend that the best way to deal with inflation is to accept it as permanent and make adjustments to anesthetize the pain.* That is a counsel of despair. Such an approach tends to make, say, a 6% inflation rate officially acceptable?and, with that established as a base, other pressures will push the real rate...
...together to protest rate increases that have hiked their monthly bills from an average of $136.87 last March to $252.52 this month, an increase of 85%. Says Housewife Tena Jackson: "My electric bill was $267 in February-$98 more over last year for 1,500 kilowatts less." The consumers contend that Con Ed has a moral obligation to adjust its rates downward, and they are refusing to pay their bills until it does so. But Con Ed maintains that the rate hikes are necessary and justified-and in fact is asking the state public service commission to grant...
...what the U.S. would have to endure if it had a Cabinet that included, say, Edward Kennedy, Barry Goldwater, George McGovern and George Wallace, each with his own constituency, sitting down and trying to reach a consensus. If they allow the U.S. to take part in major decisions, Europeans contend, the Americans would divide them. Says West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel: "We cannot have Americans at the table. No European sits in the State Department...
...Some scholars contend, for example, that the Virgin Mary incorporates attributes of Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite and Persephone. Even more to the point, early Christians invented a St. Hermes...