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...Bruins Lag...
Despite the huge time lag which may develop--he was three hours late by the end of his New England tour--the President insists upon stopping wherever there is a substantial number of people to shake hands. He reaches one hand over the other in order to shake the largest number possible. By the end of his New England trip, both the President's hands were bleeding--and they had been treated several times during the day. The unbounded enthusiasm of the crowd means that they will even claw the President's hand, if only they can get close enough...
Just in Case. None of these indicators are new. But economists believe that they have achieved a new sophistication in trend spotting. Using computers, the forecasters have reduced the time lag for most information-gathering from six months to two. And they are surer of what the information means, thanks to better reporting and more experience in analysis...
...first problem was getting the "echoes" to come in on time. If each conductor waited to hear his cue, there would be too much of a time lag and resulting chaos. To make it come out right, the conductors had to learn to get their orchestras going just the right number of beats before they heard their cue. And when that was perfected, there came the problem of achieving the fading effect. Mozart, with probably a small garden in mind, had scored each "orchestra" as a string quartet with two horns. This did not work in Tangle-wood...
...production, showing a 7½% increase in the first half of 1964. Many Western experts suspect the real figure to be about 5%, but even if correct, it would be the smallest percentage increase claimed since 1942. The usual claim in recent years has been closer to 10%. The lag appears to be caused by crop setbacks, which affected the food production industry, and a sharp drop in the increase in productivity. To cope with this, Khrushchev talks more and more about providing greater incentives, only recently announced a 20% to 40% wage increase for some 18 million doctors, white...