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...chairman of Continental Illinois: "A modern run on a bank doesn't show up in lines at the teller windows, but in an increasing erosion of its capacity to purchase large blocks of funds in money markets." To ward off such electronic panics, many banks have tried to widen their deposit base to include a larger number of savers and to court better relations with big depositors...
...Before the polls opened, the campaign's chief claim to a place in the history books had been the Democrats' nomination of Geraldine Ferraro for Vice President. But the presence of a woman on a major party's national ticket for the first time did not widen the gender gap. Polls of people leaving the voting booths indicated that some 54% of female voters pulled the lever for Reagan. That did not quite match the Republican's crushing 62% support among male voters. But it indicated that if the election had been conducted solely among women...
Brzezinski, who served under President Jimmy Carter, also suggested that Cabinet members hold monthly bipartisan meetings with legislators to discuss foreign policy, that Administrations create more bipartisan commissions, and that the President widen his circle of foreign policy advisors...
...Buscetta's disclosures, and the very fact that he was willing to make them, indicate that the seemingly solid facade of the Mafia has its cracks. By continuing the cooperation that has brought them this far, U.S. and Italian authorities can widen the gaps. With patience and persistence they may even widen them to the point that the Mafia's facade crumbles. Doing so will be neither quick nor easy. But as last week's events show, the goal is worth pursuing...
...nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicts that unless Congress acts to narrow it, the budget gap will widen steadily, reaching $263 billion in 1989. By that time, the national debt would hit $2.5 trillion. The annual interest bill on that debt, says the CBO, could amount to $214 billion and absorb 16% of all Government spending, up from...