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Although the Eagles have sorely missed the playmaking ability of backcourt ace Mel Weldon, lost to graduation, Northeastern coach Jim Calhoun attributed B.C.'s sluggish output so far to constant fluctuations in the starting lineup. Constant substitutions from B.C.'s talentstacked bench result in "just playing to get playing time in," said Calhoun...
BRITAIN, the industrial world's perennial postwar invalid, continues to languish. Output this year will be a bit below that of 1974, and Common Market experts predict zero growth next year as well. Meanwhile, exports are sluggish and living standards are dropping. Unemployment has passed the politically sensitive level of a million workers and could hit 1.5 million this winter. Prime Minister Wilson's Labor Government can do little to stimulate the economy because inflation, despite price controls, is already roaring along at an annual rate of 27.9%, highest in any major nation...
...rather Ford-like position. Though the government has made some stabs at stimulation with investment grants, tax cuts and a highway spending program, German businessmen continue to hold down capital spending. Jittery German consumers are also saving an inordinate amount of their disposable income, so the economy remains sluggish...
...Governor to sneak into the treasurer's office at night to count all the state's money. Its youngsters are not required by law to attend school. Its people have the lowest per capita annual income in the nation ($3,803). Its dominant Democratic Party has grown sluggish after 100 years of unbroken rule. But as it approaches a gubernatorial election on Nov. 4, some new breezes are blowing on the old magnolia. Two sometime mavericks are locked in a close race, and for the first time in memory the Democrat is no shoo-in. TIME Correspondent Jack...
...offering him a oneyear position there. He accepted the job with relief although it means he'll probably have to begin the same frustrating search all over again next year. Nowadays, however, not all cases like Hesford's have even such a temporarily happy ending. Declining enrollments, a generally sluggish economy and shrinking university budgets are making it more and more difficult for graduate students--even Harvard graduate students--to find the kind of academic positions that were relatively plentiful five or ten years...