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...successes the single admissions committee and the equal access policy have made since 1975 toward achieving a more balanced ratio prompted Arthurs to predict after the merger that "if there is any college that can achieve 50-50, Harvard can do it." Schwalbe recently went one step further, saying that "theoretically, women could outnumber men someday" at the college...
...bought on credit and not with cash, most economists continue to agree that the economy is not about to drop into a free-fall plunge as it did after the oil-price shocks of 1973 and 1974. For the most part, the members of TIME'S Board of Economists predict a moderately deeper recession than envisioned in their earlier forecasts of September; but they foresee no economic tailspin, in part because the strength of spending and borrowing has exceeded even their most extreme expectations...
...last, though slowly, at the price of a recession that most still believe will be less severe than the 1973-75 slump, but deeper than was thought a few months ago. Several cautioned, however, that continued turbulence in financial markets and the economy make the outcome unusually difficult to predict. Their individual views, running from the most to least enthusiastic...
MORTGAGE LOANS: Interest rates averaged 11.15% in early September, and are heading higher. Many bankers predict that they may reach 14% by year's end. But in 24 states, including Illinois, New York and Texas, usury laws hold rates to 12% or less. Lenders there are likely either to cut back on making home-buying loans or attach tighter conditions to them. A typical instance: First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Chicago has just shortened the repayment period on all mortgage loans to 25 years from 29 years, and now requires a minimum 25% down payment, vs. 20% formerly...
Channel 7 news will predict the next mayor from student data shortly after the polls close, Steve Teichner, president of TAI, said yesterday. The questionnaire asks the voter's choice for mayor, reasons for that choice, opinions on major campaign issues and age, sex and income...