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Clearly, the Fed's efforts to get a grip on the money supply have come not a moment too soon. Liberal Economist Arthur Okun, who was chief economic adviser to Lyndon Johnson, is a consistent critic of fighting inflation with tight money, which inevitably slows economic growth and raises unemployment. Yet Okun says. "The Fed had to do something. It simply could not let those huge credit flows continue...
...token number of the new missiles on their own soil. Britain has indicated a willingness to add to its minuscule nuclear force; Belgium has also signaled that it would be willing to go along. The Netherlands, on the other hand, seems too divided on the issue at the moment to make a decision. As Belgian Foreign Minister Henri Simonet told TIME: "Without ratification of SALT II, it will be politically impossible for the West Germans-and even more so for us Belgians and the Dutch -to say that we are going to modernize our theater nuclear forces. I will...
...three hours. As a sign of respect for Khomeini, Fallaci decided to wear a chador, the traditional floor-length black veil worn by Muslim women in Iran. "I don't wear blue jeans to interview the Pope," she explained. As it happened, the chador produced the most dramatic moment of the interview. In the midst of several questions about the role of women in an Islamic society, Fallaci charged that the chador was symbolic of the segregation into which women have been cast by the revolution. "They have to take a dip apart in their chadors," she said...
...centuries: the Second Vatican Council reiterated that abortion is "an unspeakable crime." Abortion did not become much of an issue among Catholics, or members of other religions, until the 20th century, when some governments began to legalize it. Modern Popes have opposed abortion for any reason "from the moment of conception," and John Paul links it to such assorted violations of human rights as mercy killing...
Some prefer literature to current events. Albert B. Lord, Porter Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, reads "a variety of things, but at the moment I'm reading some Bulgarian short stories partly because of a paper I'm writing on fantasy and the occult." That's fine for a scholarly mood, but for light reading, Lord likes "mostly detective stories--occasionally science fiction...