Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...among themselves rates that would diverge very little because central bankers would manage them. On the other side, the U.S. has steadfastly argued that only floating rates can avoid the old rigidity and periodic crises. But Princeton Economist Peter B. Kenen asks, "Can the U.S. be content with a monetary system in which we have no role except to complain that there is too much management of currency values, or would we be better off to participate in the management...
Calnan stressed that the board's decision had nothing to do with the content of the movies the Brattle Theatre was scheduled to show over the weekend...
...premise that the greater the extent of the division of labor in the newspaper business, the more efficient production becomes. Consequently, this specialization decreases the contact between the business and the editorial employees, allowing the latter more freedom. The corporate leaders of these chains have so far been relatively content to let the editor have the final say on all news and editorial matters, while the president and general manager of the newspaper have the final say for advertising and circulation concerns. Since newspapers that win Pulitzer prizes by digging up city hall scandals usually sell well, everyone's happy...
...even with the large chains, which are inexorably destined to take over the newspaper business, the chairmen of the board direct editorial content, although in a more subtle fashion. Rarely does an editor working for a chain newspaper receive a direct order to take certain stands on an issue. Instead the censorship occurs a priori-- when the editor is hired. The businessmen who run the corporation hire the editors who run the papers and write the editorials. Selecting an editor is an elaborate affair: The corporate leaders are careful to pick just their kind of guy and are willing spend...
Some advisers want the President to launch Stage Two with a major speech before month's end, possibly in a talk to the Steelworkers Union on Sept. 19. Both the timing and content of Stage Two will be decided by Carter himself, and as usual he is getting conflicting advice. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal and Federal Reserve Board Chairman William Miller want him to start a tough program immediately. Vice President Walter Mondale and some other advisers also favor a strong program-but after the November congressional elections. A third group, including Domestic Policy Director Stuart Eizenstat, wants...