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Many dealers besides the Dodge dissidents predict that the automakers are headed for trouble without knowing it. At week's end, insisting that they will go to court if need be to press their views, the New York Dodge dealers seemed ready to help make such forecasts come true...
...question now becomes, "How?" Or "Under what conditions? What meaures will be necessary for effective action?" These questions take into account the basic limitations of relying upon the conscience of large numbers of people, and of not being able to predict, and plan around, action taken by those whom we attempt to affect...
...obviously hedging against any and every dire possibility - higher taxes, tighter money, rougher inflation. Though the U.S. Labor Department reported last week that wholesale prices stayed stable in September for the first time in six months, most economists still expect prices to inflate in the months ahead. The bears predict that earnings after taxes will drop next year...
Consumers so far have not pared their personal spending. Retail chains set sales records in September, though the rises were much lower than earlier this year. Some businessmen in Boston, Denver and Los Angeles have noticed a reluctance to buy luxury goods; but Government economists predict that total consumer purchasing will stay strong because wages are increasing so rapidly...
...even if today's doctor knew which sex to expect, and even if he could predict trouble, there would be little for him to do except prepare to interrupt the pregnancy or to provide treatment after birth. Soon, however, prenatal care for fetuses still in the womb may be possible for a host of problems. And if sex is an element in the diagnosis, the doctor will be more curious than ever. But how will he tell...