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...most punishing recession since World War II. The depth and duration of the slump put a severe strain on Volcker's relations with the Reagan Administration, cool to begin with. The Chairman, a nominal Democrat and a 1979 Jimmy Carter appointee, made no secret of his dismay at Reagan's $200 billion deficits. Administration officials, led by Treasury Chief Regan, reciprocated by accusing Volcker of presiding over erratic swings in the money supply that alternately threatened to worsen the recession or rekindle inflation...
...proverb when recently given a copy of The Crimson 15 March 1983. I thought to make a belated response to the outcry of one Hieromonk Auxentios, a visitor at Harvard in the spring. Perhaps a few Crimson readers will remember the good Hieromonk's letter to the Editors, his dismay at the disrespect shown him and his abbot by certain students, presumably Harvard students, and how he indicted the entire University for intolerance and disregard for the ancient traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church. Now I am likewise a "traditionalist" Greek Orthodox monk, dressed in the manner of Hieromonk Auxentios...
After a very rainy spring, a bright, warm day finally appeared. I rushed poolside with a sugar-free soda, a salt-free snack and TIME. To my dismay, I started reading about the harmful effects of the sun [May 30]. One more pleasure in life that I will have to do without! On second thought, I decided just to give up reading...
...Mussolini fascists. Idris' troops fought alongside the British Eighth Army in World War II, and in 1951, with British support, he was proclaimed monarch of the newly federated Libya. A strict Muslim who claimed descent from Muhammad, Idris ruled with benign autocracy, had no heirs (to his dismay) and became increasingly out of touch as the oil discoveries of the late 1950s brought some modern Western ways to his primitive land...
...blown space battle, as the ships of the Rebel Alliance try to destroy the Death Star. Is Luke seduced by the dark side of the Force? Does he kill his father? Do the rebels win? Don't ask, but one clue may be allowed. Says Harrison Ford, with some dismay: "George has a predisposition for happy endings...