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That boost in productivity will help U.S. companies to curb costs and keep prices under control. "We're going to have productivity-led growth," says Yardeni of Prudential-Bache. "And that doesn't necessarily push inflation rates higher." Among the economists polled, the median forecast for next year's increase in the Consumer Price Index was 4.6%, virtually the same as the 4.3% rise currently projected...
WASHINGTON--President Reagan said yesterday that Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev agreed to drop demands for restrictions on the Star Wars program, but Secretary of State George P. Shultz said he did not sense any Kremlin departure from its insistence on linking long-range weapons cuts to a curb in the American missile-defense initiative...
WASHINGTON--President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev concluded three days of summit talks yesterday reporting progress but no agreement to curb long-range strategic weapons and no deal on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan...
...vehicles since the horse-drawn carriage -- four-wheel steering turns the wheels simultaneously at both ends of the car. The idea is intuitively appealing to any city driver who has ever pulled up to a too-short parking space and wished he could point all four tires toward the curb and crab right...
Medical and scientific promise, however, should not eclipse the importance of public policy efforts to curb heavy drinking among adults -- and stop it altogether among youngsters and adolescents. Education is one approach. The Government's "Be Smart" campaign, aimed at eight-to-twelve-year-olds, has had some success. Mothers Against Drunk Driving has been a primary factor in the fight that has raised drinking ages from 18 to 21 in 34 states plus the District of Columbia since 1982. Despite strong opposition from the alcohol industry, which lobbies vigorously against higher excise taxes for alcohol and warning labels...