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...what Singer's stories constantly offer. To catch it, his readers are not required to believe in demonology but merely to agree that much of life is otherwise inexplicable. Why would a devout Jewish husband tempt his beautiful new bride into adultery with a loutish footman? What could prompt a spirited girl to masquerade as a yeshiva boy and then marry a village's most eligible heiress? In The Cabalist of East Broadway, a morose old Hebrew scholar suddenly abandons New York City for a young wife and fame in Israel. Just as suddenly, he returns alone...
...continued stalemate in itself could doom hopes for a prompt recovery from the deepening recession. Convinced that those huge deficits will keep interest rates high, businessmen are thus far unwilling to bet their buck on new investments and expanded production. Washington's waiting game, in short, carries risks that are not just political. -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett and Neil MacNeil/Washington
...urge the Dowling Committee or some new group to go back to the drawing board--for another two years if necessary--to institute real reform. And we urge students to prompt this by showing interest in the issue and voting against the proposal. The last time the college reformed its governance was 10 years ago in the wake of the student takeover of University Hall. If this proposal passes, students may have to rest content until the next upheaval or the next decade. In the meantime, administrators could shuffle student concerns through a new maze of bureaucracy. Until the administration...
Edward I. Kennan '57 deen of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the interdisciplinary committee on women's studies said yesterday that ap- proval of the Latin American an Studies certificate would not prompt the committee he chairs to seek similar accreditation...
...economic policy committee of Citibank, believes that the recession will soon dry up corporate demand for credit, relieving the borrowing pressure. Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan argues that the second stage of the Reagan tax cuts, a 10% slash in income tax rates taking effect July 1, will prompt much more savings by individuals, thereby increasing the supply of lendable funds and relieving pressure on interest in yet another...