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...down so hard on money supply, and push interest rates so high, that there really will be a recession. Characteristically, he put it to Taber in tones of promise rather than threat: "The Fed fits into this model in a rather selfish way. Any economic strategy that works toward lessening inflation will inevitably lessen the pressure on the central bank," and allow it to put out enough money to promote his cherished 4% growth rate...
These arguments have persuaded many people that national legislation is needed to prevent exploitation of recombinant DNA research and to lessen the possibility of damage. The existing NIH guidelines apply only to researchers who use government grants to fund their experiments. Private industry can conduct recombinant' DNA experiments with no imposed restrictions or safeguards...
Mclntyre denies that either he or the OMB has been ineffectual. He notes that among other things, he was a major force in persuading the President to reduce the size of his proposed income tax cut to lessen the threat of inflation. Says Mclntyre: "I have been the principal advocate of reducing the budget deficit. All the President's economic advisers have come to agree with me." But if Mclntyre hopes to still the criticism, he will have to be a tougher, sharper cutter...
...Venus 1 will travel more than halfway around the sun, flying outside Earth's orbit for the first three months, then crossing inside Earth's orbit for the last four months of a circuitous, 480 million-km (300 million mile) journey to Venus. This flight path will lessen the accelerating effect on Pioneer of the sun's gravity. As a result, the ship will make its approach to the planet at a lower speed than if it had taken a more direct route across space. Thus a smaller retrorocket will be needed to slow Pioneer down...
...there were 1800 demonstrations, 7500 arrests, 462 injuries--two-thirds of them to police--and 247 arsons and eight deaths." Numbers do not recall well, for me at least, the spirit of those years. Nor does Nixon's awareness of the tragedy being played out around and through him lessen the suspicion that he was its progenitor...