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...month money-market certificates, which carried Golcondan interest payoffs of 15.7% only six weeks ago, were offering a mere 9.5%. Even mortgage rates took a tumble. California's Home Savings & Loan, the nation's largest thrift institution, dropped its home lending rate from 17.5% to 12.75%. Said Irwin Kellner, chief economist at New York's Manufacturers Hanover Trust: "Rates are following a financial version of Newton's law that for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction...
...chapter on "The Bear," or reviewing the main themes of Southern Renaissance authors or historians, his observations are mostly on target, some quite perceptive. But his perceptions often are not his own. His examination of The Sound and The Fury relies heavily, as he admits, on Faulkner critic John Irwin's thesis of repetition in Doubling and Incest/Repetition and Revenge. His discussions of the intellectuals themselves amounts to no more than a rehash of other authors' already well-articulated opinions...
...most troubling issue for Jewish Americans. Though there is a general consensus that Jews should have the legal right to settle in any part of the West Bank and Gaza, the timing and seemingly punitive nature of the Cabinet's latest moves have aroused sharp criticism. Fumes Irwin Goldenberg, president of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation-Council: "I think it's ridiculous what Begin's doing." Theodore Mann, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, offers a slightly more reserved assessment: "A good many American Jews are offended by the settlement policy when...
...with a fine 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 win. Her victory was followed by equally fine performances from Leslie Miller, who thrashed her opponent 6-3, 6-1 from her fifth position, and Patty Vitale, who picked up a two set (6-0, 7-6) win over Bonnie Irwin...
...pure camp, and the full orchestral backing suits Lydia Lunch's voice perfectly. What prevents the whole affair from degenerating into the ridiculous is the presence of Pat Irwin's electric guitar. Irwin seems more of a collaborator than a player throughout, and she executes her sonic attacks with ruthless efficiency. The overall conception is very alien; as the band begins to swing, Irwin launches an atonal, heavily feedbacked solo that cuts right through the soul of the song...