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...that happens, however, and Congress goes its own unfathomable way, no one can predict what the outcome will be. Quite possibly, the resulting budget would be unacceptable to Reagan, thereby producing a presidential veto. That could lead to a new period of confusion and stalemate, which, at the very least, would halt all progress toward economic recovery...
Meyer also announced yesterday he will sequester the jury in a nearby Ramada Inn for the entire trial, which attorney predict could last several weeks. In an address to the jury yesterday, Meyer said that sequestering a jury during a trial, white unusual, is necessary in this case because of its extensive pre-trial publicity...
These are the major findings of a public opinion survey conducted in mid-March for TIME by the research firm Yankelovich, Skelly and White, Inc.* The poll, of course, does not attempt to predict future attitudes toward the President and his policies. In many areas Reagan's sliding ratings match those of Jimmy Carter at a comparable period in his presidency. Carter rode the roller coaster of public opinion up and down through most of his four years in office...
Many economists expect the U.S. economy to begin growing, albeit slowly, later this spring or summer. Business in Europe and Asia will probably pick up shortly thereafter. Industry experts predict that world petroleum stockpiles, which now bulge with 105 days of supply, will dwindle to a more normal 90 days by year's end, once demand for crude increases. If so, OPEC may again find itself dealing in oil markets from a position of strength. Today's declining prices for gasoline and heating oil would then become just a fond, fading memory...
Rising food prices have also been a prime source of inflationary pain and despair over much of the past decade. But food prices last year rose only 4.3%, less than half the 10.1% jump in 1980. Many economists predict that the increase this year will be only slightly larger, perhaps...