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...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...
...David R. Golob II '89, after reminiscing about his senior year in high school, noted one difference between applying to Harvard and applying for the Rhodes: "Although it's a pleasant surprise to be accepted by either, I think you'd be even more excited to be accepted [as a Rhodes scholar] because they're paying you to come study...
...avoid drawing attention to their activities, the five ambassadors meet outside the U.N. at their residences, taking turns as host, with Britain's Tickell as the group's current chairman. "The atmosphere is very sensible, pleasant, totally devoid of ideological stuff," says one participant. Adds another: "It's diplomacy at its best...