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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...might make to stay within the domestic wage-price guidelines. And continued or accelerating U.S. inflation would eventually bring a much worse recession than any that might be forced by dollar-propping action. As William Fellner, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, noted, "The risk of getting a recession that would occur earlier was increased [by the dollar-rescue program], but so were the chances that the recession would be milder than expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Rescue the Dollar | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Pomeroy hasn't come home for his family--not for his stepmother about to marry the low-rent local politician Curtis Peavey, whose goons keep rearranging his caps--but to join his sweetheart Catherine, a woman he may or may not be married to. Stay away, she warns: "You called me deep-dish Southern plastic in a national publication!" She is a lesbian now, she maintains, having taken up with the bisexual Marcelline. Chet considers this only vaguely through a menthol cocaine haze. Then he nails his hand to her door...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: The Caribbean Syndicalist Novel | 11/8/1978 | See Source »

...frosh offense still could not get untracked in the second half, forcing the defense to stay on the field most of the time. Yet the young defenders did not yield, holding the J.V. offense scoreless in the fourth quarter...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: J.V. Crushes Frosh 21-0 To Win Bragging Rights | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

...reach the scene of a crime. Yet the speedup proved only marginally useful; as one study revealed, victims usually wait up to an hour before they even call the police. Without citizen cooperation, says Silberman, police can do little to crack crimes. They are better off trying to stay close to the community and just walking the streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: As American as Jesse James | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...themselves that if they just hold on for a year longer things will get better and there will be no need to make troublesome changes. But the economics are such that I think if you're standing still you're really falling behind. You've got to grow to stay alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New American Farmer | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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