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MEMOIRS: 1925-1950, by George F. Kennan. A close-up look at a crucial quarter century of U.S. diplomacy by a man who was one of the first to see the cold war coming, and who was also one of the first to predict a thaw...
...willingness of the Ford Motor Co. last month to guarantee up to 95% of the annual wages of workers in what has historically been an unstable, layoff-prone industry. Since 1834, the U.S. economy has ridden the cyclical roller coaster through 31 booms and busts. Nobody is willing to predict that cyclical peaks and troughs can entirely be eliminated. But many economists are convinced that with prudent and prompt cooperation between business and Government, business and labor, and President and Congress-lately, a big if-they can be flattened out considerably...
...20th century is approaching old age. Just 33 years away lies the birth of a new millennium, an event that will be witnessed by two out of every three Americans alive today. Even the most farsighted among them cannot accurately predict what the world will be like then. But in the fast-expanding new field called futurism, the once mystical art of soothsaying has developed a scientific approach...
...first order of business in January, the Council will elect a mayor; the City Manager might lend support to a prospective mayor in exchange for another vote. Beyond that, few venture to predict his moves. "No one knows what cards DeGug has up his sleeve," one observer of the Council commented recently...
Although School administrators were reluctant to predict the specific policy the faculty would adopt, they were confident that action supporting the demonstrators would be taken...