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...they resumed their bullishness when there was no immediate retaliation. The Dow Jones average closed the week at 2646.78, up a record 145.29 points. In Germany the Frankfurt exchange registered its largest single-day advance in history and gained more than 1.6% for the week, while Tokyo's Nikkei index rose...
...larger question, of course, is the adequacy -- moral, material and martial -- of America. A month ago, conventional wisdom had the U.S. being overtaken as a great power by Japan. Perhaps. But is making a superior Walkman a better index of technological sophistication than making laser bombs that enter hangars through the front door? Is a nation's ability to make VCRs a better index of power than the ability to defeat aggression...
...expressed during the lengthy legislative battle to enact the value-added tax that went into effect Jan. 1. Now that it is being levied, though, one major anxiety -- a burst of inflation -- seems to have been misplaced. The Department of Finance once expected the levy to increase the price index 1.25% this year, but now, in the midst of a recession, its inflationary impact appears muted...
...Recreation" might also be a rubric for our reflection, in as much as the way we choose to relax offers a pretty reliable index to the activities of our minds. I am shocked how quickly many Harvard students choose to dismiss the themes of classroom discussion from their minds as they shift gears to relax...
...thumbnail index of failure, consider the number of people left out in the cold. Despite per capita medical expenditures that dwarf those of socialized systems, 37 million Americans have no health insurance at all. For the uninsured and the underinsured -- who amount to 28% of the population -- a diagnostic work-up can mean a missed car payment; a child's sore throat, an empty dinner table...