Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even so, some observers tried to make much of the fact that two weeks ago in Chicago Greenspan had remarked that "over the long run" the value of the battered dollar would go "significantly lower." At last week's press conference announcing his appointment, however, he noted cautiously that there was "evidence" that the dollar's fall had bottomed out. Observed Japanese Central Banker Ohta: "Mr. Greenspan made his remark about ((the falling dollar)) when he was an economist, not when he was chairman-designate. So we do not have any concern about it." In his new vein of bankerly...
...patients treated in the Dana Farber study, 65 percent are now disease-free, with several of them out of treatment for as long as five years. The mortality rate in the study was less than 5 percent, far lower than the approximately 75 percent death rate of other types of treatment, said Dr. Lee M. Nadler, one of the 12 researchers...
...with the creation of the new committees this year, the Foundation has responded to earlier criticisms that it lacked student representation and the ability to deal with racial harassment issues. Dr. S. Allen Counter, director of the Foundation, credits the body for keeping racial tension much lower at Harvard than at other campuses. Other universities have not "taken our approach to dealing with racial problems--they've taken other approaches that are not as successful," he says...
Administrators also point to the record high numbers of minority students admitted to the college for next year as proof that Harvard is committed to dealing with racial issues, and say this awareness also helps to keep racial tension lower on campus. This year's figures are a sign that will help "minorities realize that they do have a place at Harvard, a place in America," says Leah Johnson...
...used to buy consumer items, including anything from stereos to luxury cars, their newfound allure comes from a loophole in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which phased out the deductibility of all interest payments except mortgage payments on principal and second homes. Home-equity borrowing currently offers markedly lower interest rates (about 10%) than an unsecured personal loan (14%) or credit-card loans (about...