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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part because Tanzanian farmers lacked incentives to cooperate. As a result, production of Tanzania's key export crops (coffee, cotton, tea, pyrethrum and sisal) is 40% lower than it was in 1970. The manufacturing sector, which was also taken over by the state, has fared no better. Mainly because of a lack of foreign exchange to buy raw materials and spare parts, many factories are now operating at less than 20% of capacity. That has sparked a vicious circle of economic decline. Without consumer goods to buy, farmers produce only enough food for themselves, which in turn means even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Continent Gone Wrong | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...Dallas-based energy, steel and aerospace conglomerate, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, he had complained about wasteful Government spending, including the military's. His new job as No. 2 at the Pentagon, with particular responsibility for weapons procurement, gave Thayer the chance to use his private-sector savvy to pare public-sector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Skeletons: Legal Woes Dog a Budget Cutter Paul Thayer | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...concerning just that. Congress should be ready and willing to go farther, much farther if necessary, to forestall a similar blunder by the nation's private banks in the future. The expectation by these bankers that they will be bailed out after their mistake achieves new heights of private-sector hypocrisy. For the present, though, all the American people can do is hope--that the very same bank executives who squandered a huge slice of the nation's treasure will be able to retrieve it. Someday...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Risky Business | 1/6/1984 | See Source »

After detailing the extent of U.S. involvement in the South African business sector, he added. "The Reagan administration's stupidity is illustrated by their encouragement on investment...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: 'Day of Dialogue' Addresses Controversy on South Africa | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...addition, the faculty voted 27-16 to loan money for any low-paying summer job, not just public sector employment...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Law School OK's Loans For Low-Paid Students | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

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