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...desperation, with all the melancholy shadings in between. Maybe that's the secret of her music. Not only the musical dexterity but the heart that's always open and eager to share. "It's just the way I feel about a song," she says. "They call me the slowest singer in the world, but I don't talk fast either. You're trying to tell a story, to paint a picture." And that's just fine. Right now, and for a long time coming, Horn can not only take her time but also make...
...whom have been grouped together in interdisciplinary programs. Juniors take "U.S. Is Us," a daily two-hour course combining history and literature, led by two social studies teachers, two language-arts teachers and one special-education teacher. These classes include some of the brightest youngsters as well as the slowest, an approach Hohmann calls "teamstreaming." Teaching together takes more time, commitment and compromise, but it is rapidly becoming the norm at Fairdale -- a development that pleases ninth-grade teacher Brenda Butler. "I love the changes," she says. "We finally have an opportunity to voice our opinions and make decisions about...
...economy have been shaky for months, as if it had a mild case of the Shanghai flu. Inflation is drifting upward, while economic activity seems stuck in a quagmire of intense foreign competition and excessive debt. During the last quarter of 1989, the economy grew by only 0.5%, the slowest pace in three years. Warns Kazuaki Harada, chief economist of Japan's Sanwa Bank: "The real U.S. situation is worse than the growth-rate figures would indicate." Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, whose finger is closest to the American economic pulse, thinks the current slump is probably only...
...possibility of a recession has become a red-hot topic in recent weeks, in part because so many indicators have been flashing alarms. U.S. industry is operating at 82.5% capacity, the lowest in two years. Construction spending is at the slowest pace since the 1981-82 recession, corporate profits are declining, and the U.S. auto industry has already entered a recession...
Sensing the inflationary pressures early last year, the Fed tightened credit and dampened growth. In June the Fed was helped in its task by falling energy costs. The Government reported last week that consumer prices last month increased at an annual rate of just 2%, the slowest pace in 16 months. While Greenspan said he sees inflation as a lingering menace, he confirmed that for the moment it has been eclipsed by a need to keep the economy afloat. As a result, interest rates on three-month Treasury bills have fallen from a high of 9.4% in late March...