Word: digitization
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...least George Bush does not have to contend with the twin curses of double- digit interest rates and inflation that poisoned Jimmy Carter's 1980 re- election bid. Unfortunately for the President, the economic parallels with the last Democrat to occupy the White House begin to multiply after that. As Carter entered the final two months of his campaign, he faced a 7.5% unemployment rate. Bush is looking at 7.6%. In the fall of 1980, the nation's economy was dead in the water. Based on the latest round of indicators, so will it be for Bush, who finds himself...
...buying into the supply-side notion that the U.S. could cut income taxes while simultaneously paying for massive increases in defense and certain highly popular domestic programs, Reagan may be justly dubbed the Father of the 12-Digit Deficit. Yet he and Bush are still trying to shift the blame to Congress. As recently as last week, Reagan wrote in the New York Times that "Congress alone has responsibility and authority for passing budgets, and Congress alone can balance them." True, but the argument begs the question...
...undergraduate gave ample detail when queried about his methods, explaining that students born in 1973 can easily make the last digit look like a computer-generated zero, which has a diagonal line across the circle...
Nonetheless, more and more rainbows continue to end on American doorsteps. Double-digit millions falling into your lap can have a wonderfully life- altering effect, but not necessarily the self-indulgent changes that lottery promotions lead customers to fantasize. Sheelah Ryan, for example: her $55.5 million Florida jackpot in 1988 is the biggest single win yet. She immediately set up a foundation, named in honor of her parents, "to help the new poor: single mothers and senior citizens who must live on Social Security and cannot. They need help." In addition, she gives small scholarships to young people because "they...
After being double-digit under-dogs the past two weeks, the Crimson will assume a new role, that of favorite against the 1-3 Rams. Fordham opened its season with consecutive losses to Lehigh, Bucknell and Princeton, before rebounding with last week's 20-16 win over Columbia...