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Another prop under the surging market is the widespread expectation that the economy is likely to enjoy some further, though modest, expansion. The - business advance that began in late 1982, shortly after the birth of the bull market, is reaching late middle age by historic standards. Since World War II...
If this prediction proves correct, nobody will be quicker to sound the alarm than Congress. Both Houses passed legislation earlier this year to "codify" the fairness doctrine, but President Reagan vetoed it as "antagonistic to the freedom of expression." Congressional backers of the doctrine are preparing to try again, and...
Who will prove to be the most important witness the Iran-contra committees hear? No, not Oliver North -- at least not according to Warren Rudman, vice chairman of the Senate panel. After listening to North for four days last week, the New Hampshire Republican repeated a longstanding prediction: the crucial...
In Lebanon, while no new hostages have been seized, a leader of the Islamic radicals made a chilling prediction. Said he: "The kidnapers have an interest in freezing this until the American and French elections in 1988."
One item is on everyone's list of potential benefits of high-temperature super-conductors: maglevs, or magnetically levitated superfast trains. It is a safe prediction, since the new materials give promise of electromagnets far more powerful and economical than those in use today. And it is the electromagnet that...