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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decades, writers have followed James Joyce's characterization of Ireland as "the old sow that eats her farrow." But that is not the way of William Trevor. His novel takes place on Carriglas, a tiny island off the Irish coast, where a Protestant family's present griefs are rooted in the events of long ago. Sarah Pollexfen's cousins once cruelly terrorized the son of a tenant farmer; as a man he sought revenge with a bomb that accidentally killed the family butler. The servant's illegitimate child, product of a liaison with a Catholic maid, survives him. When...
This still leaves plenty to argue about. To what extent is Government spending -- on highways, on science research, on education, on health -- a form of investment rather than present consumption? (Answer: a lot, but less than in the past and not enough to excuse the present deficit.) Apart from deficit reduction, do we need new policies to encourage savings and investment in the private sector? (Answer: perhaps, but be suspicious of both conservative schemes that amount to new tax breaks for rich folks and liberal schemes that amount to Government officials trying to play business better than businessmen.) Are trade...
...growth has not stopped. If the CBO's estimate of 2.3% a year is right, we'd be home free if the next President could persuade us simply to hold consumption at its present levels for his first term, using the dividends of economic growth to pay off our debts and invest for an even more prosperous future...
...routinely exceeded: in the 100- meter race, the world' s fastest man, Ben Johnson, runs faster still, while Jackie Joyner- Kersee sets a new heptathlon mark. -- Greg Louganis shows that divinity can withstand a bump on the head, and swimming records fall like raindrops. -- In gymnastics, the Soviets present a breathtaking display of amazing grace...
...very pleased with the new leadership inthe Office of Space Science and Applications, [by]Len Fisk, and expect that, given thewhere-with-all from Congress, we will takeadvantage of the opportunities for first-ratescience that present technology will allow," saidPaine Professor of Practical Astronomy Irwin I.Shapiro...