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...expanding not because of Keynesian policies but largely because U.S. business has increased productivity faster than U.S. labor has pushed up wage costs-with the result that prices have held relatively stable. But even economic conservatives have lately accepted the idea of using deficits to stimulate the economy in slack years. Sighs Virginia Senator Harry Byrd: "Franklin Roosevelt was elected on a platform that pledged to cut governmental expenditures by 25%. Nobody would dare run on such a platform today...
...chances for a record-shattering time in the varsity heavies look fairly dim. For one thing, the 1948 race was rowed with a favorable tide and a substantial tailwind. This year's wind direction is an unknown factor and local fishermen are looking for a slack tide. So, unless the Crimson gets a strong north wind at their backs, there won't be a new record. In any case, Harvard should win and be on their way to Henley and Lucerne by this time next week...
Taking Up the Slack. Last summer Ann went to the hospital for advice about special shoes. It was on that visit that Surgeon Griffiths startled her by asking whether she would like to grow smaller. "I was upset at first," she says. "I thought it was just another gibe. But then I found he really meant...
...sawing out almost four inches of the single bone (femur) in each thigh and about 3½ in. of the two bones (tibia and fibula) in the legs. The extra lengths of arteries and veins, muscles and tendons, had to be squeezed in and left to "take up the slack" by a gradual, concertina-like contraction...
Because of the inevitability of some slack-off in steel-and because a growing number of economists see signs that the nation's 50-month-long expansion has finished its most buoyant ascent-Ackley and his aides are quietly trying to balance the widespread business optimism with some hard-eyed realism. Said Ackley: "We will not be led into the mistake of assuming that continuing gains at the recent rate are assured for the second half of the year." In the months ahead, Ackley feels, the automobile and steel industries cannot be counted on to supply further great gains...