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...unexpectedly sharp drop in GNP growth was the latest gyration in what has become a remarkably zigzag pattern of expansion. A year ago, the economy amazed experts by racking up a booming first-quarter increase of 10.1% at an annual rate. The gain dwindled to 1 .6% in the third quarter but then rebounded to 4.3% in the last three months of 1984. "The economy is exhibiting a split personality," says Allen Sinai, chief economist for Shearson Lehman Bros., "and it may continue to do so for some time in the future...
...great time. Sally is a natural at doing comedy." Aha, back to Gidget maybe? "This is not like that at all," contends Ritt. "It's a grownup comedy." Adds Field: "It's about learning to choose to be in a healthy relationship in your life. Breaking the pattern of always picking to lose. Picking to win." Anyone who remembers her "you-like-me-you-like-me" Academy Award speech last March will not be surprised by that sentiment...
...majority of South African whites were prepared to accept Momberg's ideas about power sharing, which they are not at present, it is by no means clear whether it would be acceptable to a majority of blacks. With the current wave of police actions and arrests, a familiar pattern is beginning to emerge. The United Democratic Front, founded in 1983 to organize broad-based multiracial opposition to the government, has revealed some sympathy for the outlawed and exiled African National Congress. One by one, U.D.F. leaders have been put under surveillance or detained, actions that are reminiscent of the treatment...
...minority leader's success in blocking Republican-sponsored legislation, should have been called "The Sour-Grapes Obstructionism of Harry Reid." Why glorify Reid's antics when there is so much that needs to be accomplished in Washington? Donald Nagy Chino Valley, Arizona, U.S. Ignorance Is Rich I detected a pattern in your story on the fall of WorldCom's former ceo Bernie Ebbers and other corporate fraudsters who may be facing long prison terms [March 28]. You reported that "Ebbers said he was too ignorant about accounting to detect the financial crimes of his underlings." John Rigas, ceo of Adelphia...
...done the reading, while not requiring me to advance an original argument. After the teaching fellow places a check mark next to my name, I’m in the clear to doodle, daydream, or stare out the window. I’ve observed a similar pattern in most of my classmates, resulting in a dramatic drop in the level of conversation at the end of the hour...