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...Gold fever, the most infectious of monetary diseases during times of perceived economic distress and uncertainty, is epidemic. From Zurich to Chicago, from London to Hong Kong, goldbugs are scurrying once again to buy into their favorite hedge against disaster. With people battered by inflation and recession, worried about oil and lacking confidence in leaders and cures, the gold rush of '79 has turned into a stampede as schoolboys, housewives and pensioners have jumped in along with big investors. It is a surge that bodes little good for late-coming, small investors, the fragile international monetary system, the dollar...
This weekend, as the Ivies opened '79, the unexpected swiftly threw the league into turmoil. Brown, a heavy, pre-season favorite, took its first strike as the Bruins caught a severe case of blocked-punt fever and fell to the Elis, 13-12, before the loonies at the Yale Bowl...
...turnover is affected by employees morale, too, and morale continually flows and ebbs, Cantor says. "It's not as if you'd go along with a stable temperature of 98.6 and then hit a fever plateau. Morale is always changing," he says. A recessed economy or student demonstrations such as those in the late '60s could trigger depression among employees, he adds...
...rules on sexual behavior seemed to have been designed for a Victorian boarding school for boys. "When out on a date, be sure to head home early." "Refrain from premarital sex even when the girl is your fiancee." "If you go all the way, marry her quickly or your fever will cool down." "Keep your hands off married women or the result will be a calamity." "Beware of sweet words from bar girls and cabaret hostesses...
...placed in charge of the task force he had recommended. He plans to consult the Congressional Budget Office and several other agencies, then report to the Senate when it reconvenes after Labor Day. He said with relief: "A lot of steam has come out of the effort, allowing the fever to cool off and calm to reassert itself. It's too much, too soon. It is a good program for the 1990s, not something you have to pass in the summer of 1979. We might create a monster we can't get rid of." Agreed Abe Ribicoff...