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...probable factor in the decline was a decrease in the percentage of the population between 14 and 24 years old. That group commits a disproportionate number of crimes. Other possible causes are harsher laws and tougher judges imposing more stringent sentences. But that added up to another fact of American life: state and federal prison populations increased in 1983 by 24,000, to a record high...
...interest hikes so far have made it even tougher for troubled borrowers to repay their debts. Reason: the rates they pay generally fluctuate with the prime. Among those hardest hit by the rising interest costs have been Latin American and other developing nations, which owe a staggering $810 billion to Western lenders. To keep the borrowers from defaulting, some moneymen, including Chairman Volcker, have suggested that banks consider placing a cap on the interest on their Third World loans...
According to the Administration, the Soviets are screaming because they feel the pinch of a tougher, more resolute American policy. They miss the palmy days when they could get their way against Reagan's gullible, accommodating predecessors; they realize that they are up against a new American leadership that will cooperate with them only on its own terms, that will compete with them vigorously and that will penalize them for their misdeeds. For that reason, Washington maintains, the Soviets' howls of protest, insofar as they are sincere, should be music to American and Western ears...
While qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team is a formidable task in itself, the competition ahead in Los Angeles is even tougher. Expected to play for Sweden. For example, are highly ranked Mats Wilander and Stephan Edberg...
...Moryl concedes, "It's going to be a lot tougher for us to go in there and win than if we were playing at home...