Word: feds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SECTION size is central to section performance. Sections are ideally designed to clarify the readings and lectures, but more importantly they aim to provoke thinking and discussion critical of the points spoon-fed to students by other course requirements...
...buyout binge is causing concern among U.S. financial regulators. Responding in writing to questions from the Senate Banking Committee last week, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the Fed had cautioned banks about extending loans for leveraged buyouts. He suggested that Congress take a closer look at tax provisions that encourage such buyouts. Greenspan's views sent a tremor through the stock market, and share prices of companies involved in takeovers took a tumble, as many investors turned fearful that the buyout boom could suddenly go bust...
...letter to the Senators last week, Fed chairman Greenspan noted that current tax law encourages corporate borrowing. Companies, for example, can write off the interest on their loans. Greenspan suggested that Congress consider whether the tax incentives that are helping fuel the trend are still prudent. If Congress takes Greenspan's advice, the heyday of big-time buyouts could come...
...getting tired of this worn-out rationale, which demands no hiring initiatives from the University, but relies on an amorphous "pool" of Ph.D.'s to increase until Harvard hires anyone. It's obvious that some faculty are becoming fed up with the University's old song-and-dance routine too, as evidenced by Bell's opening (and fictional) scenario to his 13-page report: President Bok and all of Harvard's Black faculty are killed by a bomb, forcing the University to hire enough Blacks to fill 10 percent of its posts...
Bush, whose apparent nervousness in the initial debate led to long interludes of incoherence, was as relaxed and confident in Los Angeles as he has ever been on a national stage. His efforts at humor seemed mostly spontaneous rather than the spoon-fed one-liners of backstage handlers. Asked to find something to praise about his Democratic rival, Bush flashed a broad grin and said, "Listen, you're stealing my close. I had something very nice to say in that." This easy-listening tone was established early in the debate, when the Vice President interrupted moderator Shaw, who was trying...