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...care." But he says the politics of the grad school, which will be composed of 40 per cent social and natural science courses and 20 per cent medical services, pose no such problems. And he doesn't seem too worried about preserving free speech within the class room. "No prudent person would attempt to predict how individuals will behave in a decade from now when the university will be operating in full capacity." It would be the height of folly to say how things will be in Iran, as it would have been to foresee what it would be like...
...plant and equipment, than he believes will occur. David Grove, a nonpartisan vice president of IBM, agrees: "For the past two or three years, the economic and political situation has been so unstable that it is very hard for business firms to determine what degree of risk is prudent in any investment project." If the Ford budget is adopted, he predicts, real G.N.P. will rise only 4% next year, v. the 5.7% growth forecast by the Administration, and the jobless rate will average 7.5% rather than the 6.9% that Ford's economists expect. By the end of 1977, Grove...
...issue a categorical denial of any plans for secret funding. Not only did the revelations play into the hands of the Communists-they can now use the CIA issue to discredit moderates in future elections -but whatever funds do exist are, for the time being, obviously off limits. No prudent Italian politician would think of accepting any money now, for fear that his face might appear the next day in some American newspaper...
...been cut to 7.3% from 12.2% in 1974. Consistent with his conservative views, Simon had been the strongest counsel in the Administration against federal aid to New York City. Under political pressure, he was forced to moderate his position, but not before the near bankrupt city adopted more prudent fiscal policies...
...tour the U.S. "I can only say that two-way communication with my friends and fellow Americans is for me an essential part of doing the job properly," he told an audience in Chicago. "I intend to keep my communications open, not in any foolhardy spirit, but by every prudent and practical means...