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...whether Americans are really better off today that before he took office. Reagan observed that the rate of inflation has dropped to just more than 4 percent since his inauguration. The reason, he suggested, was simple: the Fed's commendable tight-money policy and the federal government's newfound fiscal responsibility...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Reagan's Balancing Act | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

This embarrassment is not newfound: the University's divestment of $50 million in Citicorp stock was kept secret a year ago, presumably for fear of alienating alumni and investors with much at stake in South Africa. Before the disclosure of the sale. The Corporation hoped to vitiate the intent of the policy, which was demanded by students in 1978 and designed to use the University's prestige to undermine South Africa's police state. Logic would suggest that the real apology is owed to the majority of South Africa's citizens for Harvard's hand in perpetuating an illegitimate...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The End of Apology | 4/9/1982 | See Source »

Marathons and ten kilometer races and all kinds of running events cropped up all over America, and people started to discuss their newfound addictions to the road in the lunchroom, in corporate meetings, and in books about everything from the runners' diet to what kind of socks one ought to wear. Those who hadn't discovered the "Runners High" could only...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Notes from the Long Run | 3/2/1982 | See Source »

Equally important this meet will give the squad a chance to put its newfound health to the test. With the return of Gus Udo and Mark Henry, the jumping team is now complete and nearly unbeatable. Henry's return to 60 yd. dash competition is another boost to the Crimson, as his second place finish in the GBCs, last week proved...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Crimson Thinclads to Meet Dartmouth; Newfound Health May Clinch Victory | 2/13/1982 | See Source »

...when Japan permitted a Catholic church to open in Nagasaki to serve Western visitors, the Kakure, then numbering around 30,000 in the region, suddenly came out of hiding. But the missionaries took a hard line with the newfound faithful. "Many were bewildered when they were told to throw away everything connected with their ancestral way," explains Father Shigeshi Oyama, who runs the tiny Roman Catholic parish now on Ikitsuki. Only half of the underground Christians decided to reunite with Rome. The others persisted in their insular worship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Japan's Crypto-Christians | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

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