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...skyscrapers that deface the ancient skyline of Jerusalem, the pornography found in its theaters, the garish nightclubs-all are the result of rapid Western industrialization under Israeli rule. Jerusalem must not be treated as just another tourist attraction like New York, Holly wood or the French Riviera. To their credit, the Israelis do protect the religious places. But it is not merely individual shrines that are sacred; the entire city is holy. An internationalized Jerusalem governed by a commission headed by the chief religious leaders of Judaism, Christianity and Islam would spare the city from further secularization...
...Peter's School in Geneva, Ill., was no exception. Sitting on the edge of the teacher's desk, next to the world globe, Ronald Reagan patiently explained that interest rates are still steep because the financial markets expect Government policies to spark a renewal of rapid inflation. "We're trying to convince them that isn't so," said the President. "And I think pretty soon, when we announce a bipartisan agreement on what we're going to do with regard to spending and taxes, then maybe the markets will get some confidence...
...rise in crime during the past two decades had made people carry less money. Consumers often hold less cash in inflationary times like the past few years because they know that the value of their money shrinks as prices rise. Finally, the ballooning use of credit cards and the rapid growth of financial innovations like telephone banking should be trimming the use of cash. But despite all that, Government presses are forced to keep turning out more and more currency...
Rally organizers hope to encourage freshmen to major in Afro-Am, which has seen a rapid decline in concentrators in recent years...
...there are problems with reading several columns successively in book form. The rapid succession of brief thoughts, as well as the sometimes incessant recycling of well-turned phrases, dulls some-what the respect for his writing. The book is not necessarily for reading but for browsing, like a New Yorker collection of cartoons...