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...Gains in new orders and indus trial production eased for the second straight month in June, reported the National Association of Purchasing Agents. "It's the same old summer slump," said Allegheny Ludlum Steel's E. F. Andrews, "but it's hitting a little earlier and sharper than usual...
George Segal as Nick seems much too wide-eyed and innocent at the outset. He provides little in the way of transition to the sharper Nick that should emerge later. Still, Segal is at least adequate. Sandy Dennis as Honey overplays shamelessly, and only the relative unimportance of her role in the movie makes it possible to ignore her most of the time...
Although recent events have brought the conflict into sharper focus, the problem is not new. Since its every beginnings, Radcliffe has struggled with its identity, constantly attracted and repelled by the larger University. In the autumn of 1876, a small group of Cambridge residents met to discuss the need for an institution for the higher education of women in the university. Proceeding cautiously, they gained President Eliot's qualified approval for their proposal, then contacted certain carefully selected members of the Harvard Faculty to request that they teach qualified females. In all their dealings, the founders made two points very...
...Time Bomb. A sharper downturn seems inescapable. So far this year housing has slipped only 1.3% behind its 1965 pace, but that is because most homes have gone up under deals made with lenders last year when money was abundant. These commitments are now beginning to expire, and builders can arrange only a trickle of new ones. "It's like a time bomb," says Builder Vincent Amore of Pittsburgh...
...Hurt. As criticism of the Administration by businessmen took on a sharper tone, there was a softer note from another side. Last week Federal Reserve Chairman William Mc-Chesney Martin, who had previously urged tax increases to battle inflation, told a meeting of the American Bankers Association that he could well under stand why the President had held off on a tax hike until "he knows where we are going in Viet Nam." In a fascinating sideshow to the ABA sessions in Spain, Martin's Federal Reserve colleague, Board Member J. Dewey Daane, appeared in a Toledo ring...