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...British journal Nature, six astronomers reported that they had made the most precise measurement yet of an object at the galactic center within Sgr A*, which for two decades has been known to be radiating large amounts of energy. The size and shape of Sgr A*, and its energetic output, says Caltech Astronomer Kwok-yung Lo, are strong evidence that "there may be a black hole in the center of our galaxy" devouring matter at a rapid rate...
Inevitably, the U.S., boasting an output of goods and services about equal to that of the other six powers combined, determines the tone and much of the agenda. Its line has switched markedly with the identity of the man occupying the Oval Office. Jimmy Carter sought fairly close coordination of national policies amounting almost to a master plan for the world economy. Reagan during his first term preached reliance on the free market to promote global prosperity, and devoted much energy to denying that gargantuan U.S. budget deficits were damaging the world economy by keeping interest rates high and forcing...
...Struggles over power, along with questions of dependency, self-esteem and trust, can emerge as critical issues. Partners may even judge themselves and each other by the values of the workplace. Explains Kitty La Perriere of New York, president of the American Family Therapy Association: "What matters is production, output, competition, excellence." Since men are still the principal wage earners in most families, the women usually take second billing. Arnold Medvene, a University of Maryland psychologist, recalls a woman whose writing career was becoming increasingly successful. But her husband, a high-ranking civilian employee of the Navy, put little value...
...anyone would make such a discovery, it would be Wolff. "He is an internationally respected scholar, thorough in his research, well-versed in his output," Yale Music Librarian Harold Samuel said, adding "It's an unusual thing to get the world excited about a music manuscript in a library...
...control, especially by feeding the military and security machines that protect the elite and its aspirations. As a result of the rejection of market-pricing mechanisms, production quotas set by the bureaucracy are based on arbitrary notions of supply and demand, and production tends toward the lowest possible output...