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...supposed to look at the paintings, they look "at you. The art puts out the energy." Anything that produces energy these days should be profitable, of course, and Pivar's collection is no exception. "Since I started to collect," he says with satisfaction, "19th century painting has increased tenfold in value. It can still go another tenfold...
...smarter to cut production and leave the oil in the ground where it is safe than to turn it into dollars or other paper assets that can be seized. Confidence in the international monetary system was shaky enough before last week's action. Since 1973, the nearly tenfold increase in oil prices has sent an estimated $150 billion cascading into OPEC's coffers. The resulting deficits of the oil-dependent nations have soared, forcing countries to borrow heavily just to pay for their oil imports...
...Aware of the pitfalls that face even the most seasoned diplomats, Strauss told reporters aboard his Air Force jet: "I'm used to conducting business in Washington where I know every inch of the ground. Now I'm going into the Middle East where the sensitivities are tenfold...
...under a SALT II treaty, the Soviet Union would increase its nuclear warheads threefold, the U.S. by a half; the Russian capacity for area destruction would go up a half, the U.S.'s equivalent capacity by onefourth; the Soviet ability to destroy our buried missiles would increase tenfold, ours to destroy theirs would go up fourfold. Nitze rejects the notion that the Soviets want only to be equal. "To them a big-SALT II Critic Paul Nitzeger advantage is a bigger advantage," he says...
...broad interests and great influence, Lowell assumed management of the "Lowell Fund for Assisting Students at Harvard" in 1922. Lowell brought the fund to over $2 million--a tenfold increase--before he retired from the post...