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Some physicians remain cautious about the ultimate potential of computer colleagues. Says Stanford Oncology Fellow Bob Carlson: "My reaction is mixed. The system is very good for data gathering, but for its recommendations of drugs and treatments, it's in its infancy." But knowledgeable physicians predict that consultation by diagnostic computers will soon be widespread. Sums up Szolovits: "The computer doesn't get tired, and it doesn't forget things." Or, one assumes, play golf every Wednesday afternoon...
McMahon will almost certainly be confirmed by the Senate. Hearings are expected to begin later this month, with a vote likely by early June. If McMahon clashes repeatedly with Casey, observers predict, he is independent enough to follow Inman's footsteps-right out the door. Said one former CIA official: "He's nobody's patsy. He has his pension and can leave when he likes...
Kettlewell has now called up his chief witnesses in the trial, which is expected to last at least another week. Troy said yesterday that Hussain will testify in his own behalf, but declined to describe how the defense will proceed or to predict the trial's outcome...
Most economists predict that continued slow inflation will result in some interest-rate relief by summer, but they also warn that the prospect of a 1983 federal budget deficit that could run as high as $180 billion may send the cost of money surging once again by the end of the year. In testimony before Congress last week, Murray Weidenbaum, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, urged the lawmakers to reach a compromise with the President that would cut the deficit. That, he said, plus the decline in inflation, would bring down the cost of borrowing...
What causes these financial jitters is primarily the mammoth size of projected budget deficits. Experts now generally predict that the Government will run perhaps $500 billion in the red during the next four years. Investors are fearful that the Federal Reserve will be forced to accelerate its expansion of the money supply to meet the Government's borrowing needs and thus rekindle inflation...