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...answer that question. The group's consensus: though President Reagan's rhetoric may have been a bit overblown, the economy is indeed in serious trouble. Declining productivity, recalcitrant inflation and the explosion of Government spending have so shackled U.S. business that growth will be sluggish well into the future. Moreover, the time left to reverse that course is growing short. Warned Otto Eckstein, president of Data Resources, an economic consulting firm based in Lexington, Mass.: "The federal budget has tremendous upward momentum. Increases in spending can't go on at the rate of the past ten years...
...sluggish economy will be bac news for those looking for a new job. The board believes that unemployment will rise from its current level of 7.4% to 8% by midyear before dropping back to 7.8% at the end of 1981. That will leave about 8 million people jobless for most of this year...
...women's Beanpot and Ivy Tournaments just a few weeks away, the time is ripe for the Crimson to pull together for a big win and a strong season finish. If the skaters capitalize on their speed in both skating and passing, if the forwards flex their sluggish offensive muscle, and if Yardling Cheryl Tate maintains her hot performances in the nets, Harvard can--and just might--upset Northeastern tonight. Remember, Bright Center...
Charlotte A. Lowell, another meeting organizer, cited general students apathy as partly responsible for sluggish government, and added that increased student involvement is necessary to bring about any changes...
...hour study area for freshmen in the Greenhouse Cafe (upperclassmen can already use their dining halls). Students with other complaints should note GUERRILLA's success, and realize that direct action can sometimes gain administrators' ears and solutions to problems where the "established channels" are sluggish. Ideally administrators would be more open to students' needs, but until the administration changes, students will have to act as well as talk...