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What could kill January's newborn bull? Analysts fear that another leap upward in inflation could all too easily force the Administration to reconsider its refusal to impose wage and price controls; such a move, or even the threat of it, would discombobulate business so badly as to frighten away investors. Likewise, further inflation could force the Federal Reserve to push up interest rates further and thus deepen the recession that even the Administration is now forecasting for this year. That in turn could cut into corporate profits and send stock prices tumbling. Last week, in fact, a momentary...
...electric alarm, he propped the ladder near a gatepost for added support. He shinnied up and, with his hand as steady as a surgeon's, used his broom-handle-toothbrush apparatus to disconnect the alarm system. Then he cut through some strands of barbed wire. With a final leap, Christopher Boyce, 26, a spy convicted in one of the most important espionage cases in the past decade, disappeared into the night...
...President's new spending proposals did not win immediate applause on Capitol Hill. Warned House Democrat Jim Jones, a member of the budget committee: "If we beef up our defense posture, we cannot leap forward with social programs like this." Senate Republican Pete Domenici predicted that Congress would cut up to $20 billion from the President's requests...
Johnson, who pulled a hamstring in his first attempt in the long-jump and left the competition, proved that once can be enough by making it stand up, copping first with a leap...
...days swing onward, galumph-galumph, students leap from their carrels out into the snowless Yard ("I am not a prodigious leaper. I am a bird"). Lights burn late in House rooms ("Look at it this way, Silas. Louis Quinze is to Pompadour as you are to..."). Some seek recourse to the warm reassurance of love not dependent on academic achievement ("Sally, if I were stupid, would you still love me the way I love you?"). Others seek recourse to the warm reassurance of physical exhilaration independent of academic achievement ("I'm not going to get out of shape this exam...