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Being co-captain of the basketball team, I take great offense to several comments and facts that were misrepresented in the article. Bob Cunha's use of sarcasm may bring a few chuckles from his readers and spur conversation at the dinner, table, but his clear lack of research, understanding of the game of basketball, and "tunnel vision" approach to journalism are weaknesses that will have to be corrected before he becomes an effective writer...
...fourth quarter of 1984, a sharp rebound from the 1.1% decline of the previous three months. For 1984 as a whole, productivity increased 3.1%, far more than the average annual gain of 1% from 1973 through 1983. Investors welcomed the report because higher productivity could help spur economic growth and increased corporate profits...
...this front was Adam, a 1983 NBC movie about a family's search for its kidnaped child. Following each of the movie's two airings, the network broadcast a series of photos of missing children. Some 30 were found as a result, and the increased public awareness helped spur the establishment of a permanent national center for locating missing children. In conjunction with next month's telecast of Surviving, ABC * has produced a 30-minute program on teen suicide, a series of short news features and other educational material. The movie will also be followed by a direct appeal...
...Federal Reserve to let interest rates fall further to make absolutely sure that a recession is averted. James Smith, chief economist of Union Carbide, says that the prime rate will probably be down to 10.5% by the end of the year. That should be enough, he predicts, to spur G.N.P. growth into the 4%-to-5% range for the first half...
...Ever since British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher proffered an olive branch to the Soviet Union over a year ago with the comment that "we have to live together on the same planet," relations between London and Moscow have steadily improved. According to some, this detente not only has helped spur the renewal of U.S.-Soviet arms talks but has also produced diplomatic rewards for Britain: on Dec. 15, Politburo Member Mikhail Gorbachev will lead a delegation to Britain. This will be followed next year by a visit from Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko...