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When we first meet the illicit couple, their affair has been over for two years; subsequent vignettes show Robert's discovery of their love, the moments in a rented flat in which Jerry and Emma attempt to create their own alternative household, and, finally, the drunken winter party at which Emma is unable to resist Jerry's passionate advances...
Keating was the most visible villain last week in an S&L debacle that could cost Americans as much as $1 trillion, or some $30 a month for every household over the next four decades. In inflation-adjusted dollars, that is nearly twice the cost of the Vietnam War and almost four times the cost of the Korean conflict. So far, the government has seized more than 490 insolvent thrifts, or nearly one-fifth the entire industry. An additional 600 are troubled and may fail...
...those who can afford it, the increasingly attractive choice is to leave New York behind. According to the Household Goods Carriers' Bureau, which tracks the business of the city's six largest moving companies, 12,000 more customers moved out over the past two years than moved in. For the first time in this century, fear of crime is the main catalyst for this burgeoning exodus. "People may want to be here," says Richard Anderson, head of New York's Regional Plan Association, "but the things that drive them away are bubbling to the surface." Says Laura Ziman, a native...
...same time, Iraq's semideveloped economy is likely to grind on in straitened circumstances for many months. The need for imported clothing and household appliances is not pressing. As the shortage of spare parts becomes acute, water and power supplies will only gradually begin to decline. "There ^ is scope for flexibility on Iraq's part for making do in a self-contained economy," says Marshall Wiley, a former U.S. ambassador to Oman...
...additional irony that the increase in the minimum wage may actually leave some families worse off. When household incomes creep up, many workers find themselves suddenly ineligible for the food stamps, housing allowances and Medicaid that have made the difference between mere discomfort and true desperation...