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...quite a bit: by fighting effectively against irresponsible tax cuts and wild pump-priming, he was proving that a sound free-enterprise economy could right itself without massive Government interference. He also was holding down the inflation that would have been the inevitable result of a big Government spending spree...
...base runner. Torres had a no-hitter for four innings, a shutout for five. Backed by four homers, he struck out eleven in the six-inning game, coasted to a 10-1 victory. The world champs trooped happily off to the five and ten on a shopping spree, hoped that any promises made would be kept this time...
...Dawn. The night before, KLM Flight 607E, a two-month-old Super Constellation en route from Amsterdam to New York, had put down at Shannon Airport, and its passengers had trooped into the lounges and duty-free shops to sip Irish coffee, have a last buying spree, scribble a few final postcards. On board the economy flight when it took to the air again were its crew of eight and 91 passengers, including three babies in arms, a honeymoon couple, 13 members of the Church of the Brethren from Lancaster County, Pa., three Polish immigrants to the U.S., an Israeli...
Among the causes for the buying spree were the inflationary implications of a proposed $8 billion hike in the national debt ceiling and a new high for the consumer price index, which climbed to a record 123.7 in June. There were also some good business reasons. The depressed machine-tool industry noted a 7% rise in new orders from May to June. Second-quarter earnings in some key industries showed a better recovery than expected, indicating that a snapback in profits may be closer than previously anticipated. Many investors were also quite obviously influenced by the headlines from the Middle...
...commissions. But cash incentives are gradually being supplemented-or replaced-by rewards that have a greater "remembrance value," such as trips for both the salesman and his wife and family. One reason for the switch: cash bonuses often never get home, are blown in a poker game or spree on the town...