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Although Fox said that "it is difficult to predict what the effect of these decisions will be," he added that "it is unlikely that there will be significant net changes in the size of the off-campus population...
...narrowly focused in their fight to get into med school. Students blame the problem on admissions committees, which emphasize grades and test scores over the personal attributes and interests that may make an individual a superior doctor. Notes Utah University Psychologist Calvin Taylor: "Based on test scores, you cannot predict who is going to be the most knowledgeable physician ten years later." Perhaps, says Thomas, "there should be an admissions quota for the solid citizens who rank in the middle of their class...
...Senator Paul Tsongas, a Democrat from Massachusetts, pointed out that there was no consensus behind the Administration's Central American policy in the U.S. either. Iklé nonetheless firmly warned the European panelists that "if you have a succession of 'Cubas' in Central America, then I predict that much of our resources would be diverted from the Atlantic Alliance...
Still, not everyone is eager to leap into stocks. Some investors continue to hang back out of fear that the economy will prove weaker than experts now predict. Says David Jones, senior vice president of the brokerage firm of Aubrey G. Lanston: "This is a case where the market is only reading the good news it wants to hear." The bad news that Jones sees is the runaway federal deficit, which might range up to $200 billion in the coming fiscal year. High deficit spending could lead to heavier federal borrowing that would drive interest rates back up again...
President Reagan has until Aug. 6 to reappoint Volcker to a new term or name a successor. But experts predict that he will probably act sooner, perhaps in early June. Waiting any longer would create great uncertainty in world money markets and not allow time for a smooth transition in case Volcker does not stay. On the other hand, Wall Streeters believe Reagan is unlikely to move before the late-May meeting in Williamsburg, Va., of the leaders of the seven leading industrial powers...