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...cost cutting has its good side: it has held inflation in check. U.S. industry's labor costs per unit of output, a major factor determining the pace of price increases, actually fell at an annual rate of 3.2% in the last three months of 1993, causing some economists to scoff at the Federal Reserve's fears about a revival of inflation. ("What inflation?" Clinton growled to aides late last week.) meeting.) The Fed is on firmer ground, however, in its reported belief that too much of the recent economic growth has been fueled by cheap credit. Unable to stretch stagnant...
...visions of becoming Russia's dictator are pipe dreams. Sixty years ago, the same was said of Hitler. Historian Robert Waite writes. "The story of Hitler's rise to power is the story of his underestimation." Like those who once dismissed Hitler as a fringe lunatic, those who now scoff at Zhirnovsky are taking a dangerous gamble...
...duck her head and moan "Come on" with disbelief. At this point two men, disgusted with the inanity of it all, grabbed their coats and stormed out of the theater. Fortunately for them they missed the ridiculous miraculous ending which made the audience throw up their hands and scoff with disbelief...
First, they scoff at University administrators' concerns that the sky-rocketing costs of employee benefits plans need to be reined in before they pose a serious threat to Harvard's financial health. It seems the staff hasn't heard of the nationwide obsession with benefits--does the Clinton health care plan ring any bells?--or the fact that every respectable corporation this side of Havana is reviewing employee health insurance options, pension plans and the like...
...Scoff at them, of course, for exhibiting individuality and personal conviction--qualities that would probably make somebody a pretty good lawyer...