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...firing consumer demand without simultaneously increasing investment and supply have become about as useful as Gerald Ford WIN buttons. Says Feldstein: "It is a much more complex world than Keynes or anyone else admits, and it is constantly changing. We know enough to move the economy out of a trough but not to control the business cycle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Set the Economy Right | 8/27/1979 | See Source »

...over our compound, the other engine shut off. So there was complete silence in the air. And then the plane turned, perpendicular to the ground, with the left wing facing down and the right wing facing up." As the stricken plane kept descending, the wing slashed a trough through the field, like a farmer driving a plow. Then the craft disintegrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Worst U.S. Air Crash | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...Transport and General Workers' Union, said that "working with the Tories would be like running a cross-country race barefoot." Sidney Weighell, head of the National Union of Railwaymen, warned that if the Tories win, "I'll tell the lads to stick their noses in the trough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Iron Lady vs. Sunny Jim | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

...Minuteman co-captain Joel Mascolo sprung loose on a trough pass from Tasso Koutsoukos. Crimson goalie Ed Weinfurter had no chance as Mascolo lofted the ball over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UMass Blanks Booters Again Scoring Twice in Second Half | 10/5/1978 | See Source »

...other kinds of food entertainment, Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market are musts for any visitor to Boston. The place has, however, really become a huge trough for every belly in the city, and unless you enjoy standing in a huage pack waiting for a piece of pizza or a bag of over-priced chocolate-chip cookies, you are better off going someplace else. Really, once is quite enough. Go if you must, but we're sure you will soon agree...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Survival Guide to the Square | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

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