Word: moribundity
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Alan Greenspan, economic consultant and former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers: "Propping up failing companies with Government loans delays the shift of resources into more productive ventures. Policies focused on protecting jobs in moribund industries must eventually fail and, in the end, destroy more jobs than they save...
Despite the moribund state of the record industry, this year's Christmas offerings are of surprisingly high quality, as a visit to any local record shop will prove. The latest single by the Chipmunks. "(All I Want For Christmas) Is My Two Front Teeth" (Mistletoe Records) should be on the top of everyone's gift list. Inexplicably buried in a compilation called The Best of Christmas along with some drab tunes by Lawrence Welk and Liberace, this recording finds lead vocalist Alvin Chipmunk in fine form Alvin's singing has gained in assurance over the years and his soulful...
...DIFFICULT for many people to accept the notion that rehabilitation, or "gentrification" as it's commonly called, of moribund neighborhoods can be anything but an unqualified boon to the area. Those people include, for example, Boston Mayor Kevin H. White, who's convinced it's "a good thing that richer, professional people are moving in, buying condos. Most neighborhoods are whipped right now." To Mayor White, the implication that gentrification could have ill side-effects is outrageous; after Time magazine ran a picture of a burned-out office building "in gentrifying Jamaica plain" he called the photo "a disgrace...
Crenshaw's debut gives a swift shot in the arm to the moribund pop-rock world. Record sales are way down, new and true talent rare, and it takes prehistoric monsters like Fleetwood Mac and Crosby. Stills and Nash to deliver the goods. On Marshall Crenshaw, every last track could easily put most of the FM top forty to shame. Eleven perfect singles are served up, each one seemingly stronger than its predecessor. Furthermore, Crenshaw's melodies are hopelessly addictive; they're just short enough to hook the listener but not entirely satisfy him. Back in the '60s, John Lennon...
COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS this week finally got around to asking students what they thought about plans to limit summer storage for many undergraduates this year and possibly all students in the future. At yesterday's meeting of the moribund Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life, administrators discussed their decision to contract with a professional storage service because of the unavailability of ordinary storage space in Lowell. Leverett and Winthrop Houses--Houses they singled out because of planned renovations or summer school usage. The dialogue was long overdue. It and future discussions should raise serious questions about the viability of alternative storage...