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...social issues of Harvard life, and its political stance is pretty middle-of-the-road. There are usually two solid pieces in it per week, but unfortunately just about anyone who shows up at the Indy's office in the Union is allowed to write, and this tends to weaken the paper's overall quality. And for some reason, their reviewers seem to gush over everything. The Indy has some problems, but it is definitely worth reading. And it's free...
Claiming that a fifth such carrier was not needed, he maintained that its huge cost would divert funds needed for the buildup of NATO forces. The nuclear carrier, he said, would "waste the resources available for defense and weaken our nation's military capabilities in the future." Congressional leaders seemed to agree that he was right. They predicted that, despite the lobbying for the carrier by Carter's onetime mentor Hyman Rickover and other admirals, the veto would be sustained. Said House Majority Leader James Wright: "I voted for that carrier, but I thought the President made...
Some law-enforcement officials fear that the river of revenue will weaken the state's resolve to follow stiff screening procedures to prevent criminals from infiltrating casino operations. Says a cynical detective: "The continuity of revenue is important to state officials. They will not shoot Santa Claus." Resorts' license, in fact, was granted on a temporary basis, at the urging of Governor Brendan Byrne and over the objection of the state's gaming enforcement chief, Robert Martinez, whose agency still has not completed its investigation of the company...
Administration officials have good reason to be publicly cautious in their prognoses. For one thing, breakthroughs in the past have faded embarrassingly quickly in the face of continued negotiating deadlocks. For another, Washington does not want to appear too eager for an agreement lest that weaken its bargaining position with Moscow and later make it more difficult to win ratification in the Senate. As it is, Senate approval is far from assured...
...goals, the prospects for the economy are touch and go. The standard forecast is that growth of real G.N.P. will slow to about 4% in the current quarter and 2% or 3% in the fourth?partly because the recent pace just cannot be sustained, partly because inflation will weaken the economy. Real G.N.P. is expected to be essentially flat in the first half of 1979. It is anyone's guess whether the slowdown will fulfill the definition of recession: two straight quarters of decline in real G.N.P. and mounting unemployment...