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...highly sophisticated computer model of the city synthesized by Forrester and put forward in Urban Dynamics. The model's behavior led him to believe--and has convinced many others--that policies which ease the short run plight of the underemployed almost invariably work out to the long-run detriment of all concerned...
...ends of the commercial broadcasters." Thus was the status quo preserved. Long commercial breaks between individual programs became commonplace. By 1932, prices were stated openly--the last bit of marketplace reticence was broken. When Senate protests resulted, the FRC stated that advertising could in no way be restricted without detriment to program service...
...around the continent with irresistible offers of high-priced hardware with low, low credit rates and scruples to match. A confidential Commerce Department study completed this spring snowed that the U.S. had "lost" more than $1 billion in arms sales to Latin America over the past decade-to the detriment of the long-suffering U.S. balance of payments. The Nixon Administration is also worried about losing influence with Latin America's military-dominated regimes. White House officials are particularly concerned about the political clout that some European countries, notably France, have gained in Latin America through arms sales...
...past forty years, the American Medical Association has worked to the detriment of the patient in nearly every way imaginable; It is a peculiarity of this organization that it has worked to the detriment of physicians, as well...
...conditions that led to the May tragedy still exist." Referring to two Yippie rallies last week, the jury said: "What disturbs us is that any such group of intellectual and social misfits should be afforded the opportunity to disrupt the affairs of a major university to the detriment of the vast majority of students." Radical domination on campus will continue, the jury said, until citizens and the campus community "take a strong stand." The jury added: "The time has come to detach from university society those who persist in violent behavior. Expel the troublemakers without fear or favor. Evict from...