Word: paces
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Started in 1973 by Feulner and Paul Weyrich, who now heads a conservative political-action committee, Heritage is currently the hot shop in the public policy industry. In contrast with the liberal Brookings Institution and conservative American Enterprise Institute, which encourage scholars to produce thoroughgoing reports at their own pace, Heritage expects its researchers to study topical questions, work on tight deadlines and strive to get their results noticed or, better yet, acted upon. New studies are hand-delivered to every Cabinet officer and member of Congress. The names and specialties of 1,500 congressional aides, 700 Executive Branch staffers...
...American bookstores, gift and stationery shops, 1985 may just become the Year of the Calendar. Some 1,500 different wall and desk versions, including a circular pop-up of flowers and ones with detachable postcards, celebrating everything from cats to Culture Club, are being snapped up at a phenomenal pace. Some favorites have earned second press runs; 250,000 Trivial Pursuit (QuillMark) calendars sold out in the U.S. and Canada in a month, and Cabbage Patch Kids (Abrams) has been bought by 1.4 million doll lovers. Says Michael Ritz, promotions director of Abbeville Press, where eight of 15 calendars...
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Lumet directs Gilly's already enervated movements with a wet sock. Not only is Gilly unable to capture much interest, as he races around searching for Garbo, but Lumet provides a leaden pace, that never seems to pick up, even as Gilly comes close to meeting the great film star. In fact, it is only the movie's title that assures us that Gilly will indeed find Garbo...
...however, doubt that a new slump is likely any time soon. The economy does not now show the signs normally visible just before a recession. Business inventories are generally low, consumers are still spending, and corporations continue to invest. Experts think the economy is simply shifting from the torrid pace of this year's first half to a more sustainable growth rate. Says Walter Heller, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson: "This is a lull, but not a lull that has come to stay." Concurs Alan Greenspan, President Ford's chief economist...