Word: productive
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...complaint saw any other avenue." Why was direct contact with Thernstrom the road not travelled by? Why didn't the students talk to him first? The serious nature of any charge of racism (or even of "racial insensitivity") makes it imperative that these charges are not simply the product of a lack of communication. Professors and students both have to make an effort to understand each other...
...interest rates to fall a bit. But he explained that it was concern about the sluggish economic outlook, not political pressure, that had spurred the Fed. That concern faded slightly in the wake of somewhat encouraging economic statistics. The Department of Commerce reported last week that the gross national product grew at a real annual rate of 4.5% during the fourth quarter of 1987, a somewhat higher figure than the previous estimate of 4.2%. Though Greenspan expects growth to slow down this year, he sees no need -- for the moment at least -- to reduce interest rates further, which might rekindle...
...paid him to do it, but Lieut. Colonel Oliver North gave what was probably one of 1987's more successful celebrity endorsements. The product: Schleicher & Co. paper shredders. After North told congressional investigators of his "shredding parties," in which he reportedly used a Schleicher Intimus 007 S, the West German firm was flooded with inquiries. Schleicher's 1987 sales jumped by as much...
...permanently. The President wants to boost outlays for education, law enforcement, science and AIDS research -- all worthy proposals -- but steadfastly refuses to support tax hikes to finance increased spending over the long run. Moreover, Reagan's budget projections are based on the decidedly optimistic assumption that the gross national product will grow an average 3.2% annually over the next five years. Even with that rosy projection, the Administration forecasts a deficit of $51.1 billion in 1992 and $23.3 billion in 1993. The President who campaigned on a promise that he would balance the budget by the end of his first...
...Conants represent a gift from the Harvard Corporation to Boston and Cambridge. They are also the product of collaboration among University administrators, the Ed School and the Boston and Cambridge School systems. The gift establishes a $750,000 endowment fund that will be used to pay part of the $11,000 tuition for a year at the Ed School for each of the fellows...