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...that had to be paid for future healthy growth. Or will the upturn sputter along at half-speed through many months or even years of continued high unemployment, until the economy slips into a new recession? Some liberal economists warn that this may happen, and conservatives by no means dismiss the possibility...
...disappeared from the team. She was, in fact, defecting to the U.S. For American immigration officials. Hu's decision put the ball in their court with a tricky bit of backspin, since approval of her request will imply a certain level of political persecution back home. Her attorneys dismiss speculation that her motives involve net financial gain. Still, Hu is considered by some to be one of the top 20 women players in the world. As a top pro manager points out, "It's difficult to judge from her past performances, but she may be able to play...
...most studios, though, the financial news is so good that movie executives can dismiss the challenges from upstart competition for the American consumer's entertainment dollar. They argue that cable lures more viewers away from the networks than from the moviehouses, and that video games cannot compete with the movies' sophisticated special effects. They can also point to a recent Variety story showing that the average cost of making a Hollywood movie, which had doubled since 1977, actually declined this year (from $9.6 million to $9.4 million). Of the early summer hits, none...
Officials in Washington declined to dismiss the program as a Soviet propaganda ploy. Said a State Department spokesman: "We don't want to debunk something that might succeed in bringing about a greater feeling of concern about nuclear war in the Soviet Union." Still, the day when 700,000 people gather in Red Square to oppose nuclear weapons, as they did in New York City's Central Park last month, is probably as distant as ever...
...censor's approval. A few days later, however, the Israelis scissored a report by NBC Correspondent Steve Mallory on civilian casualties in Beirut, taking out shots of an old woman and three girls but leaving in a wounded Palestinian guerrilla. Complains Mallory: "The Israelis have tried to dismiss the existence of a civilian population. Every time we tried to show it, they tried to hide it." Says Paul Miller, NBC Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv: "Their censorship was outrageous. They cut out anything that might look bad for them." After CBS footage of P.L.O. Leader George Habash was chopped...