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Wage and price controls are an attractive temptation, supported, according to the latest public opinion polls, by a strong majority of the American public. But they remain fool's gold. Studies show that once mandatory price restraints are removed prices soar as high as or perhaps even higher than they would without any legal restrictions. Virtually all free-market economists, whether liberals or conservatives, reject mandatory controls as ultimately detrimental in fighting the causes of inflation...
...flying high over the Soviet Union as long as 24 years ago. The glider-like plane was conceived in December 1953 by the brilliant Lockheed Aircraft Corp, designer Clarence L. ("Kelly") Johnson, now 70, for one purpose: to gather hard data on Soviet military capabilities. Its mission was to soar beyond the range of any jet interceptor or antiaircraft missile and provide the photographic and electronic intelligence necessary for accurate military assessments...
...dusk, as the resident flying mammals that give Kampala's Bat Valley Bar and Restaurant its name soar screeching into the sky, customers down their last sip of $20-a-bottle beer and head for the safety of home. Long before the 10 p.m. curfew, when the crackle of machine guns begins to reverberate across the seven hills of Uganda's capital, no sane person is on the streets. Not even hospitalized patients are safe from attack. Last week unidentified gunmen barged into a ward of Kampala's Mulago Hospital and seriously wounded Businessman Gaster Nsubuga...
NCAA Basketball: Let's talk personalities. Kyle Macy may be great, but can he soar? Do you know anything about Joe Barry Carroll or Dewayne Scales? Does anyone know anything about Texas A&M? It's obvious that the premier personality around is Louisville's Darrell Griffith, and it's also obvious that the Cards' 29-3 mark is the best of the remaining teams. Therefore, the obvious conclusion is that Louisville will romp past A&M and Missouri into the final four and go on to win it all. Anyway, if they don't, LSU will...
...prices soar out of control Carter searches for new economic ideas