Word: demand
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...only way for European countries to insulate themselves against that peril, TIME's economists agreed, is to boost domestic demand and become less reliant on exports. The onus will be on West Germany, Europe's most powerful economy, to take the initiative. Last year the Germans resisted pressure to cut interest rates and lift demand by promising that strong growth was already in the pipeline. Further stimulus, German officials argued, would raise the risk of an overheated economy and renewed inflation. But West Germany's 2.75% growth rate in 1986 fell short of expectations as the high-flying mark...
FRANCE. The government has forecast growth of 2.8% this year, but Jean-Marie Chevalier, professor of economics at the University of Paris Nord, contends that it will be more like 2%. He cites soft consumer demand at home and still softer exports as causes for concern. Traditionally, some 30% of French exports go to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other developing nations where lower oil revenues and large debt loads have sharply curtailed purchasing power. As a result, France's export earnings are bound to suffer. Sluggish growth may nudge up unemployment from 10.6% to 11% this year...
...however, cannot fulfill the desires of every Harvard weight lifter. Across the river, the Indoor Track and Tennis (ITT) Center houses the training ground for most of Harvard's varsity athletes. But the facilities there cannot satisfy increasing student demand...
Associate Director of Operations Don Allard says these smaller centers help meet the burgeoning demand for weight rooms--"even sub-places like the ones at Hemenway and the houses help take the pressure...
...best interest" of the University derives directly from collective interest of the community. Students and alumni should have more than a consumer's or a beneficiary's voice in Harvard's affair and they should demand a primary role in formulating the ideals that govern it. Instead of worshipping the abstract principle of institutional grandeur and practicing institutional inertia, Harvard's administration might recognize that its legitimate authority derives from the community it serves. President...