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...Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Charles Schultze, who urged him to hold the increase to 6%. Last week U.S. Steel did so, and the rest of the industry fell into line. Several Board of Economists members nonetheless view such gentlemanly jawboning as inadequate to stop inflation. Nathan and Pechman predict that a disappointed President will eventually move to far more vigorous and public intervention in wage-price disputes...
Harvard will break its third varsity boat into two fours for The Race. "It's hard to predict this one. There's no way of knowing how fast the Yale crews are going to be," Parker said...
...grass field earn more than the president of the United States? College graduates ought to pass up law, medicine, and business, and head for the baseball diamond. With all due respect to the fans, commentators, columnists, and owners who utter cries of indignation at those fat contracts and predict the demise of the game, there are a number of justifications for the players' present bargaining position...
...current consumption rates-but despite the name they are scarcely "proven" in the sense that a proposition in Euclidean geometry is; they are really only estimates based on the best available evidence. To determine proven reserves, geologists study earth strata by drilling for rock and fluid samplings. Often calculations predict probable output by comparing it with production from similar fields already in operation. Trouble is, real output seldom matches the estimates...
...thing seems certain: the boycott will be a long fight. Union supporters predict a two to five year effort. Having battled this long, Stevens is unlikely to give in without a tough fight...