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...drawn attention to the meeting by telling reporters in Washington that he intended to push for greater international cooperation to shore up the shaky monetary system. He complained that the major nations had responded to the alarming debt problems of such countries as Poland, Mexico and Brazil in a haphazard manner, lurching from one crisis to the next. "We have to have some better way of operating," said Regan. He also contended that there should be greater "viscosity," or smoother fluctuations, in exchange rates between major currencies. In recent years, sharp swings in currency values have often disrupted world trade...
Ogle said the $200 party awarded to the winning team will be held at North House the Friday of Yale weekend. She attributed the team's success to luck and hard work, adding that the first-round, single eliminations were somewhat haphazard, but that their time spent reviewing survey questions paid...
...haphazard play led to the Crimson's final goal of the afternoon. Four minutes into the second half, Sophomore Fullback Martin Sabelli dribbled out of the defense completely unchallenged and blasted a 35-yard rocket that bent the Engineer's crossbar. Ayraut picked up the rebound in a crowded penalty box, but was sandwiched by three MIT defenders. The ball squirted out of the goalmouth pack and a hovering Berkman jammed it into the twines from eight yards...
...spent his first six weeks in office putting mortar between the crumbling bricks of U.S. policy. Outside thinkers have been summoned to help assess basic American goals around the globe. Seminars with the President and his aides have been instituted so that decision making will be less haphazard. And for the moment, at least, a renewed partnership between the State...
...feel needed is in Rusk's words "the art of the matter." To begin with, a Secretary of State should be compatible, both philosophically and personally, with his President. "Fundamental disagreements simply should not arise," says Kissinger, adding that the selection process has always been too haphazard...