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...Cambridge fire inspector had closed down the packed building refusing to let any more spectators swell the ranks of 400 already inside. The assistant coaches from both squads had abandoned their vantage points on the court to pace the outlying corridors, unable to deal with the tension...
...revenues. Since income tax boosts have been ruled out at Reagan's insistence, new or higher taxes would have to be levied on business, and legions of lobbyists would mount well-financed campaigns against any that might be proposed. Any of these outcomes would probably cause deficits to swell. Senators and Congressmen of both parties fear that voters infuriated by the inability of the Legislature to bring any order to Government finances would cast ballots indiscriminately against all incumbents running for reelection...
...most closely watched signs of business activity is the level of company inventories. As sales slump during a recession and stockpiles of unsold goods swell, businessmen begin dumping their inventories and cutting back on orders from suppliers. In the process, layoffs surge throughout industry, and inventories grow skimpy. Then, when sales-hungry businessmen detect the first signs of an improving economy, they begin to rehire workers and restock warehouses. The level of inventories, thus, is usually a telltale signal of a recession or recovery...
...landing in the usual sense of the word but a place where a boat can be held long enough for men to jump on a wire rope ladder that dangles about 40 ft. from a cantilever catwalk. There is constant danger of the boat being broached by the incoming swell, being smashed against the cliff, being caught and crushed under the cliff or being engulfed by the receding backwash. -U.S. Coast Guard Warning...
While more Americans may be putting aside a $50 or a $100 bill as emergency money, the underground economy is also a big demander of cash. Marijuana, prostitution and other illegal New times goods and services are provided on the basis of cash and carry. Many self-employed people swell the amount of currency in circulation by requesting to be paid in cash rather than by check in order to evade income taxes...