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Steim said that the earthquake was an isolated one, and did not portend an increase in terranean activity in the future...
...automotive constituencies. Said Democratic Senator Donald Riegle of Michigan: "The continuing Japanese attack on our basic industries is another Pearl Harbor. The time has come to close America's door to the flood of Japanese imported products." Michigan Congressman John Dingell feared that Uno's statement could portend "a devastating blow to the auto industry...
Other admissions officers thought the drop might portend more of last year's problems in attracting minority and low income students. James Wickenden, dean of admissions at Princeton, said yesterday he was "very pessimistic" about attracting minorities this year Princeton's 6 percent drop follows several years of increasing applicant numbers...
...Camp Cuba-Nicaragua. The show varies little from week to week: target practice, men running an obstacle course, simulated assaults through mud and underbrush. No automatic weapons or explosives are used; they are illegal. Finally, Bombillo Gonzalez climbs atop a tiny wooden podium and explains what these maneuvers portend for the hated leftist governments of Cuba and Nicaragua...
...American economy. Not only has the U.S., by the President's own admission, dropped into its second recession in 15 months, but the business dip may be both deeper and longer than Reagan predicted. The Government's index of leading economic indicators, which is supposed to portend future business trends, showed a sharp 2.7% drop in September, the biggest decline in 17 months. And, to make the situation worse, the Administration's top economic advisers have begun to quarrel among themselves over who is to blame for a policy that seems to go more wrong...