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...October 10, 1986 speech in Sanders Theater during Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration, Secretary of Education William Bennett labelled the Core Curriculum a "smorgasbord." He advocated a more structured plan which would steep undergraduates in numerous courses covering "The classical and Jewish-Christian heritage, the roots of American and European History...and the great works of Western art and literature...
...federal budget deficit, $150 billion last year. By reducing taxes while increasing spending, the Reagan Administration has put money into consumers' pockets. And although the U.S. is fighting no wars, Reagan's military buildup has been highly stimulative. Ordinarily, a deficit so large might lead to a steep rise in interest rates that would crimp the economy. But foreign investors and central banks have bought record amounts of U.S. securities, thus helping finance the deficit and keep interest rates under control. Explains Lester Thurow, dean of the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T.: "As long as the Government...
After a promising debut, the car got into trouble. Last year GM had to conduct a reputation-denting recall of all 1984 models because of a defect that occasionally caused engine fires. Fiero's demise may also have been helped along by steep insurance rates, which ran as high as $5,000 in some states because the young unmarried men who favored the auto were generally considered high-risk drivers. Fiero suffered too from a surfeit of two- seaters. With as many as five other such cars seeking a chunk of a dwindling market, Fiero sales fell from nearly...
That settled, to everyone's relief, athletes and onlookers conserved stamina for another 24 hours and tried again. Next morning the weather was benign. Only the racecourse was horrific: at the top an icy centrifuge of steep, high- speed turns, and past the midpoint, where racers still on their skis carried speeds of 80 m.p.h., a snaky, relatively flat descent over jarring, artificially created bumps and depressions. Luxembourg's two-time World Cup champion Marc Girardelli said that Mount Allan's downhill was the "most difficult in the world," worse than Kitzbuhel's thunderous Hahnenkamm...
...Kuumba Singers, an a capella singing group with a Valentine's Day repertoire of 47 popular love songs, is selling singing telegrams for $3.50 each, which they will deliver with a carnation. If the price of a song is too steep, the singers will deliver a carnation alone...