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When the first signs of recovery began to break through the deep recession last winter, economists and politicians alike added apocalyptic warnings to their expressions of cautious optimism. Uncontrolled federal deficits, they declared, could drown the economy in red ink. Yet when Ronald Reagan, formerly the ardent apostle of balanced budgets, submitted a plan for fiscal 1984 with a shortfall that approached $200 billion, political paralysis seemed to set in. The enormity of the deficit monster eventually led to a feeling of futility. In addition, encouraging economic signs, such as a record bull run on Wall Street and continued moderation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Untamed Monster | 5/23/1983 | See Source »

...despair in this petty world of fact ("There was a flood in Boston in 1835, may be there will be again"). And all will be in vain forever, gurp, forever ("If it was 18351 wouldn't have to go on my unicycle to Revere Beach. I could drown in my room...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: Beating the System | 5/20/1983 | See Source »

MAYBE a Third World center would be overrun by radicals who would drown out the moderate voices, making it a bastion of separatism Never mind that the very existence of those oh-so-abrasive radical elements suggests the existence of a real problem. Maybe a Third World center isn't the answer to the race relations problem. But the Foundation, as presently constituted, is barely a step in the right direction...

Author: By Diane M. Cardwell, | Title: Style Over Substance | 5/13/1983 | See Source »

...hits him, but at night she changes into a loving, nurturing person. To keep the day beast away, they resolve to swim out into the ocean at night, as far as they can, then wait for morning. They do, and when day breaks, the woman tries to drown the child. He holds on to her and they both drown, hugging each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sensual Child Comes of Age | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

Colman agrees with this, saying one of the purposes of the gone was "to drown out the other fans." Colman first used the gong in last year's home game against Cornell, in response to the "rowdy fans [who were] drowning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Traditions Will Continue as Cowbell, Gong Are Bequeathed to the next Generation | 4/5/1983 | See Source »

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