Word: weaknessness
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The extent of the first-quarter slowdown was confirmed last week by a spate of key indicators. The Commerce Department said consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of the GNP, fell .5% in March to record its sharpest drop in 1/3 months. At least part of the recent buying...
The failure to meet the Administration's growth objectives would be more than an embarrassment; it would cause the already elephantine budget deficit to become larger and more menacing. The White House last week predicted the budget shortfall in fiscal 1985 would total $213 billion and then decline to $177.4...
The Bitburg fiasco is a mess, but even messes have a logic. This incident is a compound of some of the worst tendencies of the Reagan presidency: a weakness for theater, a neglect of history and a narrowly conceived politics.
That strength will be the first to desert him as he grows up. It is in fact already a potential weakness. "A dickschädel, " his coach Günther Bosch calls him, meaning he is, not to put too fine a point on it, pigheaded. That imparts to his game its...
The Right (and Wrong) Way to Treat Pain Thank you for your moving and insightful cover story on ways to manage chronic pain [March 28]. As a person who has battled debilitating pain for more than five years, I read it with tears in my eyes. But I was encouraged...