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...hope to discover structural relationships within the economy that would serve as the basis of quantitative economic laws. For ten years he collected data, aided only by a single assistant. In order to have a manageable theory that could encompass the whole economy, and that could absorb the masses of detailed statistics already available, Leontief had to work with assumptions considerably cruder and more restrictive than most economists were willing to accept. He had to bet that the advantages of examining all industries at once would compensate for the lack of sublety. These advantages could not appear until the data...
...main mistake which the authors strived to avoid in their study was that of a one-sided approach. They were eager to encompass all conceivable approaches to the cause of crime. Judging by the outline of their procedure they succeeded...
...casual" jobs are awarded solely on the basis of ability of availability. They encompass such familiar pursuits as baby-sitting, handling odd-jobs around local homes, and shoveling snow. They take in such esoteric--comparatively highly paid--occupations as draftsmen, translators, and entertainers. The entertainment bureau, one of Holt's prides, has been rather curtailed under Taylor...
...Vera is that she doesn't really like herself, but rather than admit it, she has blown a big, pleasant bubble of egotism about herself. The least touch of reality, as Vera well knows, will collapse her flimsy shelter; so she lives in dread and hatred that slowly encompass almost everybody and everything on the island...
...William Shakespeare; produced by Robert L. Joseph & Alexander H. Cohen) is possibly the greatest single achievement in all literature-and the greatest stumbling block known to the stage. The play's scope, declared the late great Critic A. C. Bradley, is too vast for any stage to encompass; while Charles Lamb contended that the title role cannot be acted, that Lear's greatness is inward and "intellectual," and that when put behind the footlights he becomes merely "an old man tottering about . . . with a walking stick." There are other problems. The sharpest drama in the play-Lear...