Word: shocks
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Amid the turmoil, accusations began to surface that there may be yet another shock to come: that some of the profits of the arms-for-hostages deal may have ended up financing pro-contra political advertisements and perhaps even the campaigns of pro-contra congressional candidates. That charge is being made publicly by Democrats who have little evidence and obvious axes to grind, but it is a suspicion that is being voiced within the Executive Branch as well. According to one Government source, the Iranian arms profits were diverted into a political slush fund. According to another source close...
TIME's economists expect that foreign resistance to U.S. debt is more likely to grow gradually, allowing the dollar to decline at an orderly pace. Said Feldstein: "I think we can get there without a shock." But even if it happens smoothly, the necessary further decline of 20% to 30% in the dollar will be bitter medicine for U.S. consumers. By making imports more expensive, ! the weak dollar will hamper the growth in the standard of living. "There's no question we will be poorer as a nation because of this, or rather we will get richer more slowly," said...
...easy at first--many students will surely undergo severe withdrawl symptoms. Ambulances must be stationed round-the-clock outside lecture halls, and electro-shock therepy should be available at UHS. But if we all work together, maybe one day, perhaps even in our childrens' lifetimes, we will at last be able to walk fearlessly into a lecture and hear a professor say "Yale" in passing. With any luck, the only reaction will be the heavenly silence of a thousand undergraduate sneers...
Undoubtedly, as much of the problem lies in the timing of Irangate as in its conception. Thirteen years ago, a large segment of the American public still believed that the American presidency was filled by successive reincarnations of George Washington; allegations of criminal activity held legitimate shock value. In the cynical '80s announcing that the President has been engaged in manipulative goings-on seems as predictable as saying the Kremlin...
Dancing On My Grave promises to send a shock wave through the ballet world. Kirkland's story will change the way we view the romantic life of frilly tutus and delicate swanlike poses. As a more confident and mature Gelsey Kirkland prepares for her comeback, she has forced us to see that she is one of the lucky few to survive the dance with dignity...