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While investment banking firms insist that neither their financial analyst nor recruiting programs have changed as a result of the crash, the career no longer looks as appealing as it once did. Chernick says that she has suggested to students "because of the unusual situation this year and the obvious economic uncertainty, that it is a very good idea to have back-up plans and other options as alternatives to investment banking...
...that the decision will open the floodgates to post- midnight smut: "There's no reason that raunch-radio persons won't become raunch-television persons." Broadcasters and civil libertarians, meanwhile, continue to object that the commission's definition of indecency is distressingly vague. Most network and local station officials insist that their standard on what is permissible will not change because of the ruling. Still, it could open the way for more explicit radio conversation in the wee hours, more uncut movies on post-midnight TV, and perhaps even a few more naughty words sneaking by the censor on Late...
...experts on Soviet affairs insist that while Gorbachev may have to go a bit slower than he might like, his authority has in no way been threatened; on the contrary, by ruthlessly sacrificing a trusted aide whose abrasive behavior had become an embarrassment, Gorbachev may have actually strengthened his hold on the Kremlin. And he appears to have no significant opposition to his efforts to win a relaxation of international tensions while domestic reforms are battled...
...Liza Minnelli, have stepped forward to tell their stories with bracing candor -- of being caught in the vortex of alcoholism, of taking the strenuous route to sobriety offered in therapy and of regaining their health and self-respect. The long process of recovering from alcohol abuse, which experts insist never ends, suddenly began to get favorable notices...
Almost everybody agrees that an important step is to simplify the mission of COCOM, which, in an effort to do too much, is letting too many important products slip through. By limiting the number of restricted items, the U.S. could insist on tighter enforcement and higher penalties for violators than under the present system of comprehensive controls. "Higher walls around fewer items" has become a rallying cry for businessmen and Government officials searching for ways to protect truly vital technology without relying on blanket controls...