Word: pleasants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Liberty Village, the commercial heart of Flemington, is somewhat of a surprise. Meandering over several acres of former farmland, the pleasant re- creation of a colonial marketplace boasts wide brick sidewalks, several luncheon stops and plenty of rest rooms. Long gone are the pipe racks and jumbled bins of second-quality merchandise in dusty warehouses. Since the manufacturers are selling their own goods, the stores are well stocked and well organized. Says Jean Smith, the manager of Liberty Village: "Mostly we have last season's styles and production overruns." Indeed, "Flemington is not competing with K mart," says Fran Durst...
...first-round draft choice) Brian Shaw is a real pleasant surprise," Heinsohn says. "But I don't think people should go overboard about him. He's played well in a few exhibition games but other teams haven't developed a book...
...film makes extensive use of John's "home movies," most of which were made by professionals. These offer a pleasant glimpse into John's househusband years that seems to refute the allegations in Albert Goldman's scurrilous new biography that John was less than a devoted father to Sean, or that he was anorexic, stoned or unhappy during those years. But the film fails to convince because it glosses over this period, just as it glosses over much of John's life in its headlong rush to condense all that John was into 90 minutes...
...Reagan years are that we have somehow abolished the business cycle and the Phillips curve. The first is that occasional economic slowdowns are unavoidable; the second is the principle that there is a trade-off between policies to prevent recession and policies to prevent inflation. Antirecession medicines are pleasant, even addictive, while anti-inflation medicines are not, and Presidents always prefer the former. The moral challenge for our society is not to squander the Fed's tremendously costly victory over the inflation of the early 1980s. Any program of reviving investment and savings depends on having a stable currency...
...Personally, I would be very eager to be replaced. This job is really not so pleasant. But at this juncture it seems I am needed to bring these talks to a conclusion...