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...present, most economists predict that the expansion will reach its eighth birthday in November and continue at about a 2% rate through 1991. But that is cold comfort for many people. "The real issues are stagflation and stagnation," says David Hale, chief economist of Kemper Financial Services. "Instead of long unemployment lines, we're going to see increased frustration and resentment over stalled growth and incomes...
This week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to announce whether it will list the northern spotted owl as a threatened species. If the owl is listed, as many predict, the Government will be required by the Endangered Species Act to protect the bird. And if a preservation plan advocated by biologists is put into effect, it could be one of the most sweeping environmental actions ever undertaken. Federal and state agencies say the plan, fully carried out, would set aside an additional 3 million acres of forests. That would slash by more than one-third timber production...
...this moment no one can predict the future of the Soviet Union. I do hope Gorbachev will succeed in his reform policies. I sincerely hope that. Because perestroika means pluralism, and that means opening. This is what the Soviet Union needs; otherwise it will not be in a position to solve its problems, neither those of the nationalities nor those of the economy. I think the West should assist the Soviet Union in this process. Of course, we have to do it in a reasonable, businesslike way; after all, we are talking about a proud country. But we have...
Until the minds meet, the perception gap will widen, and some predict that unless festering tensions subside, violence may again erupt in Greensboro. , Even today the Klan shootings linger like a bad dream. In 1960 the sit-ins worked, but today the problems are too complex to solve simply...
These new assets may also produce great headaches for Israeli society. Although construction has begun on 70,000 apartments, Israel's government economists predict a shortage of 29,000 housing units by the end of the year. Moreover, with unemployment already running at 9.3%, Israel is ill-prepared to find work for all the immigrants. In the sciences alone, some 60,000 Soviets are expected to arrive within the next three years. Israeli universities can make room for perhaps 120 of them. Even the country's high-tech firms cannot absorb so many. "We've got 2,000 resumes...