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Washington to believe that although Castro is not in any real trouble, he may have begun to realize that the exodus is making his tattered regime look like a dismal failure throughout Latin America. Says a senior Administration official: "The signals have gone from appearing berserk to showing some restraint. The question now is: Will the real Fidel Castro stand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Exodus Goes On | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...kind of reasoning that accepts pornography for want of money, because people want to see it, because we have the legal right to--only contributes to the increasing violence against women in America today. This reasoning abdicates personal responsibility--the moral imperative that is the most reasonable restraint on the first amendment...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Abdicating Responsibility | 5/21/1980 | See Source »

Some financial experts attributed the precipitous decline in interest rates to the Federal Reserve's apparent decision to ease its draconian policy of monetary restraint now that the recession appears to be taking hold. When the nation's money supply declined at an annual rate of 1.6% or $6.2 billion to $382.9 billion in the past three months instead of rising 5% as originally targeted by the Fed, economists thought the central bank might be ready to turn on the money tap once again. This seemed to be confirmed when the Federal Reserve announced that it was dismantling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Those Tumbling Rates | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

...reprisals. Thomas R. Stauffer, research fellow in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, has said the American economy may now suffer from Saudi reluctance to act as a moderating influence on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Adverse consequences, however, are no reason to attempt what amounts to prior restraint of the press...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Old Tale | 5/14/1980 | See Source »

Though Volcker testified last week that he neither initiated nor guided the negotiations for any loans to the Hunts, his continual monitoring of the situation was interpreted by bankers to mean that the Federal Reserve, despite its credit restraint policy, favored some kind of bailout to keep the Hunts from going under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bunker's Busted Silver Bubble | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

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