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EVERY businessman has his pet phrase for the slump-the "saucer recession," the "polkadot recession," etc., etc. It is also the recession where more statistics get more microscopic study than ever before, as every economist-amateur or professional-searches to discover whether the U.S. economy is going up, down or...
Compelling Urge. For the whys and wherefores of the new "national space program," the U.S. could look to the deceptively simple, 4,000-word space primer turned out by members of the Science Advisory Committee under the direction of White House Science Aide James R. Killian Jr. of M.I.T. (see...
Uneasy Future. Onetime Harvard President James B. Conant offered a terse definition of a university ("a place where people ask questions"), and Harvardmen Charles Malik (Ph.D., '37), Foreign Minister of Lebanon, Senator John Kennedy ('40). and Defense Secretary Neil McElroy ('25) philosophized about Harvard. So did Author...
And in this issue, Ike's thoughtful citizens can gain some understanding of the effects of the latest Federal Reserve change in required bank reserves, and discover some early harbingers of spring in our economic climate, see BUSINESS, On the Rise?
What would happen, asks Lewis, if space travelers from earth discover an unfallen race? "At first, to be sure, they'd have a grand time jeering at, duping and exploiting its innocence; but I doubt if our half-animal cunning would long be a match for godlike wisdom, selfless...