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...inflation. But as inflation has abated in the '80s, the practice has only increased. At last count, in May 1985, the Labor Department found that 5.7 million workers, or 5.4% of all those employed, held more than one job. That was up from 4.9% in 1980, the double-digit-inflati on year, and the highest proportion in more than two decades. The number of moonlighting women in the labor force jumped 40% between 1980 and 1985, to 2.2 million, three times as many as those holding multiple jobs...
...most obvious sign of the country's economic troubles is the return of runaway inflation. After being frozen by the government for much of last year, prices are rising at a 545% annual rate in Brazil, the highest level ever for a country that was notorious for its triple-digit inflation earlier in the 1980s. As prices have leaped, interest rates have surged to more than 700%, dealing a devastating blow to business. Economists predict that Brazil's real growth rate will be cut in half this year, to less than 4%. The trade surplus, which provides the only cash...
...After years of devaluations, caused in part by a soft oil market and a growing trade deficit, the latest slip in the peso did not surprise economists. And the end is not in sight: most experts believe the peso will fall to 1,800 by year's end. Three-digit inflation is expected to continue. On Feb. 1 the postal service doubled its rates overnight without warning. A majority of the 20 million-member work force reportedly earns less than the minimum wage of $3.45 a day. Under such circumstances, even last year's 20-fold increase in Mexico City...
Fouled out: None. Total fouls: Harvard 16, Brown 10. Assists: Harvard 27 (Keffer 10), Brown 9 (Kelley 7). Turnovers: Harvard 18, Brown 14, Rebounds: Harvard 32 (Duncan, Hayes 7) Brown 32 (Brown 8). Brown 38-37--75 Harvard 40-48--88 with six players registering double-digit pointtotals. Besides Duncan, Harvard had outstandingscoring efforts from Hayes (18 points), Keffer(14) and Cibotti, Brown and Bluestone (10 apiece...
...digital scoreboard turns over a tens digit in any of these categories, a bucket of something, such as embarrassing red ink or even cod scallops, will pour from the ceiling onto the offender. This negative reinforcement hopefully will act as a subtle deterrent, reminding the speaker to curtail unnecessary pseudo-intellectual verbiage in his lectures...