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...perfect!" marvelled Erica Van Wagener, a New York import with a bit part. "They want corn-fed sweetness, and she fits in the hole. She can play all the teen-age girl roles until she's 25." Van Wagener complained that her own career was impeded because she could not be stereotyped so easily. It is those stereotypes that TV uses to build its picture of life...
...effort to hold down costs, Iraq has banned the import of most luxury goods, including cars, watches, TV sets and even clothing. The staffs of Iraq's embassies overseas have been cut by at least 30%. According to reports heard in Beirut, the Iraqis have sold much of their $4 billion in gold reserves in the past six months. But none of these measures, however drastic, would be sufficient to underwrite a war that is costing Iraq $1.5 billion a month...
...bored clerks chat idle hours away. Auto showrooms are deserted, and understandably so: a Volkswagen Rabbit sells for 800,000 pesos, more than double the 360,000 of last summer. Ford, GM and Chrysler have stopped including fancy U.S.-made electronics in their Mexican-built cars to get around import restrictions...
...answer many have seized on to decrease unemployment is imposing import restrictions. Motorcycle tariffs have been increased elevenfold. A House subcommittee passed a "domestic content" bill dictating that American cars must be made with 90 percent American materials, and the major Democratic presidential contenders have all endorsed protectionism in some form. The tragedy of "Buy American" is that it is at best a placebo--temporarily increasing job opportunities without providing real growth--and at worst a lethal measure, as other countries retaliate, choking off the 30 percent of our economy dependent on exports...
Pyle said that some Mason-fellows are so impressed with what they have learned about management that they want to import their favorite courses lock, stock, and barrel. One former minister in the Burmese government upon returning home from his year as a Mason fellow persuaded his government to establish a K-School course on microeconomics as part of the curriculum at the University of Rangoon. He wired the Kennedy School and asked for the entire course packet to be sent special delivery...