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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have a lot of strong principles." His precepts center on the belief that "market forces work best, but there are situations where they don't work perfectly." Boskin's primary concern about the U.S. economy is its low savings and investment rate, a problem he attributes partly to the high deficits of the Reagan era. The economist concedes that the Reagan Administration's tax cuts did not inspire the increased saving his research says they should have, but he maintains his faith in the incentive power of such policies...
...Vegas in which Frank Sinatra Jr. provides some very atmospheric vocalizing. Clearly, Was (Not Was) musical inspiration has deep roots in strange places. Nothing less should be expected from a couple of guys whose first taped effort was a Frank Zappa tune and who put on a show in high school titled You Have Just Wasted Your Money...
...undercover agents recorded their information not just in the hurlyburly of the pits but on social occasions as well. Two feds working the Board of Trade solicited stories about illegal trades by throwing lavish parties in their high-rise apartments and by joining the posh East Bank Club, a gym popular with commodities brokers. One agent who called himself Richard Carlson claimed that he specialized in soybean contracts and was a native New Yorker; the other, who called himself Michael McLoughlin, said he worked the Treasury- bond pit and was from Florida. "Both were nice guys, pleasant, friendly," recalls...
...Stevie Wonder to the Supremes, hit it big in pictures? That question is producing a heart-thumping atmosphere at Motown Productions these days. Founder and Chairman Berry Gordy, who sold his legendary record label to MCA last June for $61 million, is now plunging his company into the equally high-risk field of movies and television. In doing so, Gordy, 59, is banking on the talents of his ace protege, Suzanne de Passe, 42, the president of Motown Productions and one of the most promising new mini-moguls in Hollywood...
...basic values we grew up on are changed whether we like it or not during our service here. Every day children are being hurt. The Chief of Staff said it would take time. But the time is long, and the price is high...