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Thurow deplores the Federal Government's efforts to bail out ailing firms like Chrysler. Rather than prop up inefficient companies, Thurow believes, Government funds should flow into fields where the U.S. has a competitive advantage over such countries as Japan and West Germany. Examples: computer chips and agriculture. At the same time, Congress should give generous assistance in retraining and relocating displaced workers in older industries like steel. Says he: "We must strengthen the economic safety net for individuals, but pull it out from under companies...
...less sophisticated way, Jagger sees the world the same way Henry Adams did, and St. Augustine centuries before. But where Augustine saw his rescue in God, and Adams nowhere, Jagger clings to his sexuality, to the idea of an "emotional rescue." His misogyny is merely a prop in a synthesis that sees love of women as the only hope...
...less sophisticated way, Jagger sees the world the same way Henry Adams did, and St. Augustine centuries before. But where Augustine saw his rescue in God, and Adams nowhere, Jagger clings to his sexuality, to the idea of an "emotional rescue." His misogyny is merely a prop in a synthesis that sees love of women as the only hope...
...less sophisticated way, Jagger sees the world the same way Henry Adams did, and St. Augustine centuries before. But where Augustine saw his rescue in God, and Adams nowhere, Jagger clings to his sexuality, to the idea of an "emotional rescue." His misogyny is merely a prop in a synthesis that sees love of women as the only hope...
Deregulation has also fostered the fast-growing commuter airlines that now provide services to airports abandoned by the majors and not picked up by the regionals. The commuter airlines, such as New Haven Airways and Pennsylvania's Ransome Airlines, generally fly turbo prop or piston-engine aircraft, seating five to 25 people, and shuttle passengers to regional or hub airports...