Word: feds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...order to keep all the students living in Eliot, Kirkland, Leverett, Lowell and Winthrop Houses well fed, the central kitchen will purchase $1,985,000 worth of food this year, said Food Buyer Philip R. Bauer...
...Children of the Corn? Doesn't, does it? Well, that is the opening paragraph to "The Body", the autobiographical story on which Reiner's movie was based. Stand By Me actually glosses over the nuance and depth of King's story. It distills and condenses it into the spoon-fed medium of a two-hour flick...
Another important feature to consider is the method by which the paper is fed into the computer. The two basic types of paper feed are friction and tractor...
Last week, as the Fed's open-market committee gathered for one of its regular closed meetings to set monetary policy, the governors faced a difficult choice. The board could try to push interest rates down further or stand pat on the theory that the economy is already recovering. The danger is that an overly stimulative policy could cause a new outbreak of virulent inflation. Even Johnson appears to be growing cautious. "Our first responsibility," he says, "is to stabilize prices." Though the minutes of the board's meeting will not be disclosed for several weeks, Fed watchers doubt that...
Ironically, many supply siders, who favor tax cuts and easy monetary policy, believe that their old ally Johnson has been too timid in urging that the Fed spur the economy. Says Supply Sider John Albertine, vice chairman of Chicago- based Farley Industries: "The Fed has missed the boat. Real interest rates are still much too high." Agrees Paul Craig Roberts, a scholar at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies: "The Reagan appointees are powerless in view of the Volcker aura...