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...industrial countries came to a happy meeting of minds last week about the direction in which interest rates should go: down. For months Treasury Secretary James Baker has been exhorting other governments to stoke their economies by lowering their rates. One reason: healthy growth in other countries will boost U.S. exports. Last week Baker got some results. The West German central bank lowered its discount rate, the amount it charges on loans to other financial institutions, from 4% to 3.5%. Japan then announced a similar cut, its second since January. Hours later, the Federal Reserve Board dropped the U.S. discount...
Varsity lightweight eights (Biglin Bowl): 1-HARVARD (bow Edd Fleming, 2-Jeff Nickel, 3-Ben Colourn, 4-Greg Williams, 5-Pat Bennell, 6-Paul Natterson, 7-Justin Kemond, stoke James Sheldon cox-Mike Philips), 5:58:2 Dartmouth 5:58:3 MIT 6 11 Junior varsity eights HARVARD (bow John Lawfor 2 Phil Talbert 3 Wally Obersmayer 4 Albert Legar 5 Scott Diugos 6 Trip Switzer 7 Bill Peterson stroke Peter Herbig, cox-Mike Mollerus) 6:11:2 Dartmouth...
...clubs stoke the Who craze by holding auctions, selling Who paraphernalia, publishing newsletters and raising money for nonprofit TV stations so they can screen the series. Fund raising for the Doctor pulled in $40,000 in 90 minutes last March for Philadelphia's PBS station...
...just crank up the stereo, stoke up the boiler and brew some...
...moment's notice, the Government could stoke the economy by cutting taxes, increasing spending and expanding the money supply. "There is a zero chance of depression," says Richard Rahn, chief economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He scorns the loose depression talk. "The wimps of the world," he says, "buckle when the going gets a little rough...