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Personal reserves are only one part of the larger pool that the nation draws upon for investments in capital projects and new businesses. Since corporate and government saving also help fill the pool, a decline in thriftiness on the part of households might normally be offset by surpluses in other parts of the economy. But the downturn in personal saving comes at a time when the Federal Government is doing even worse, running budget deficits that have totaled nearly $1.3 trillion so far during the 1980s. Result: America's pool of savings is inadequate for the country's investment needs...
Clemson (16-5-1) hopes to offset this edge with a weapon of its own in senior forward Bruce Murray. Murray, one of the top contenders for this year's Herman Award (college soccer's version of the Heisman Trophy), has led the Clemson offense with an amazing 19 goals and nine assists on the year...
That conflict between caution and commerce is mirrored within the U.S. Government. The Pentagon and the Commerce Department have battled over the proper level of high-tech sales to the Soviets. Defense officials are acutely aware that the U.S. relies on the technological superiority of its weapons to offset Soviet numerical advantages, and they occasionally snipe at Commerce for missing Moscow's subterfuges. At the same time, Congressmen representing ^ districts dominated by high-tech industries disagree with regulators concerning the levels of control...
...were likely to die. With Gale's guidance, they attempted to revitalize the irradiated bone marrow. GM-CSF, or granulocyte- macrophage colony-stimulating factor, is one of at least five hormones that boost the production of white blood cells in the marrow. In cancer patients, CSFs seem to offset the deleterious effects of radiation and chemotherapy on the marrow, thus making larger doses safer to use. Gale wondered if the hormones would work the same magic on people who had been accidentally irradiated...
When investigators looked into Nugan Hand's records, however, they discovered just $1 million in assets--and $746,000 of that sum was offset by checking account overdrafts...