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...rough that the crew of a Coast Guard launch got seasick, but an ornery ocean was not going to spoil Jimmy Carter's vacation. He came back from a day at sea with his digestive system intact, a bonito of respectable size and the usual fisherman's lament: "You should have seen the one that got away. It was one of the largest cobias I've ever seen...
...rare prosperity. As a result of a two-year-old tight-money policy and a very tough economic reform program imposed during the emergency, India last year may have been the only major nation in the world with a negative inflation rate (-6%). India's educated classes still lament the suspension of civil liberties and the continuing detention of thousands of people without trial, but the country at large is reasonably contented...
...tune was the Depression lament Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, but the lyrics-sung by a character playing Mayor Abraham Beame in this year's Inner Circle satire by political reporters -are all too relevant today. Beame still cannot sell New York City bonds, and the state's Municipal Assistance Corporation securities marketed on the city's behalf recently suffered a ratings drop by Moody's Investors Service. Last week the city's unrelenting financial crisis gave New Yorkers yet another painful jolt. With the entire City University of New York system temporarily closed...
Free-For-AII. In political Madrid there is a sense of great expectation on the part of left, right and center politicians alike. Reports TIME Madrid Bureau Chief Gavin Scott: "The old guard of political hacks who owed their positions to the Generalissimo lament his absence, of course. But even within the regime he left behind there is a prevailing opinion that Spain needs to press forward politically-and the process is becoming an exciting free...
...armed struggle, as the growing popularity of leftist groups among the Argentine working class indicates. Latin America may overcome one of the darkest periods in its history only after a long and bloody struggle. The United States will then look back on the democratic alternative presented by Allende and lament that it didn't support it when it still had a chance...