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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...less than a minute, plain-speaking Barbknecht ticked off all the dirty linen. Then he moved over to the positive side of the ledger. Havana, it turns out, is a town that just won't die. Farmers are in terrible straits, as everyone knows, but Havana's farmers keep on plugging. This week they were sowing barley and wheat. More important, every other ounce of energy was directed toward keeping Havana on its feet. They had formed a development corporation that had, among other things, brought in a grocery store by providing attractive incentives, like free space. "You want...
...Olympic cycling coach was suspended after some team members admitted to doping their blood, a practice now banned from the Games. Blood doping is arguably unethical; it may also have long-term side effects and has been clinically unproven. Last month, though, University of New Mexico researchers reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association that six runners performed some 3% better on 10-km runs after a dose of their own red cells. Blood doping may be shady and unhealthy, but it may also work...
Volcker's toughest customers in the past year or so have been the Reagan appointees on the Federal Reserve Board. In February 1986 Volcker came up on the losing side when his colleagues voted 4 to 3 to cut the discount rate that the Fed charges on loans to member banks. The chairman likes debate, but was furious to lose a vote and considered quitting. "The second floor ((where Volcker has his office)) was rocking a bit," says a former assistant. Following the episode, the official who resigned was not Volcker but his rival, Vice Chairman Preston Martin...
...million a year at a Wall Street investment house, or perhaps much more if he started his own consulting firm. But some think he may resist the big money and go into academia instead, possibly teaching at Harvard or Princeton while picking up hefty consulting fees on the side. If he does join a university, his classes should be popular on campus. This is one professor who will have plenty of true-life adventures to illustrate on the chalkboard...
Their day began with a 6 a.m. jog, followed by breakfast, interviews with the press and a book-signing appearance. By afternoon they were on Manhattan's Lower East Side to announce a major housing initiative for the poor and visit an apartment house they helped rehabilitate two summers ago. Such a hectic schedule might tax a brace of yuppies but not Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. Looking refreshed and relaxed last week as they sat together in their New York City hotel suite, Jimmy, 62, and Rosalynn, 59, are clearly exhilarated by all the fanfare for their new book, Everything...