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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...informal condition for that. Nixon, in his soft avowal during the Frost interviews that "I let the American people down" and some gentle self-accusations in his memoirs, appears to have traveled as far as he psychologically can toward contrition. It is possible that he will never forgive either the enemies who brought him low, or himself (those given to psychohistory would argue that they amount to the same thing). Perhaps Nixon will grow old in America as a kind of strange, unregenerate presence viewed with indifference, curiosity or eventually the respect that is accorded, with a short laugh...
...Sadat proposal gave no ground either. It called for the withdrawal of Israeli forces and settlements from both territories, under the supervision of the United Nations. In a five-year transition period, during which a final agreement would be negotiated, the West Bank would be under Jordanian authority and Gaza returned to Egyptian protection. The plan also demanded the return of East Jerusalem to Arab authority; the Arab section of the Holy City has been formally merged with Israeli West Jerusalem since...
...landing" from its too-rapid pace in the quarter just ended. Estimates of production growth in the second quarter cluster around an annual rate of 9%. Miller prefers to talk of reaching a "sustainable path of growth" of about 4% that can be followed year in, year out without either accelerating inflation or raising joblessness. A 3% rate, he says, would mean more unemployment, a 5% growth bad inflation...
There are structural imbalances in the economy too that seem inaccessible to either monetary or budget policy. To cite just two: many of the unemployed are unskilled women, blacks and/or teenagers, whom employers are reluctant to hire unless demand reaches inflationary heights; medical and hospital costs seem to rise rapidly and inexorably no matter what is happening to business in general. Miller recognizes that such troubles need special attention, but they are no part of his responsibility at the Federal Reserve...
...most people, venereal disease means either syphilis or gonorrhea. But, in fact, the most common venereal disease in America today is one that has been so overlooked by both the public and doctors that a British expert has dubbed it "the Cinderella of sexually transmissible infections." The clinical name of the Cinderella disease: nongonococcal urethritis...