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What wasn't presaged by even the most knowing, most inside, most keen-nosed Olympics hound was that, more than three years before any torch lighting, the head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee--a fine Mormon he was--would be brought down by a spousal-abuse charge, and his...
Signs are emerging, however, that the slump may be nearing bottom, or at least slowing. By the end of last month, stock prices in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and South Korea, while still far below their peaks, had bounced up 50% or more from their deflated lows of summer. The...
Reaser does expect a slowdown in 1999, to a growth rate between 2% and 2.5%--probably closer to the higher figure. But she sees only a 20% chance of recession, vs. the fifty-fifty odds some economists were quoting as recently as September. She expects a leveling off in housing...
In addition to the dearth of adequate safety nets, some professors said the reform perpetuates class bias. Richard P. Taub, a visiting scholar in the W.E.B. DuBois Institute who teaches Afro-American Studies 194z: "Economic Development in the Inner City," said the hard-lined stance indicates widening class schisms.
The crisis of 1969 underscored the need in University Hall for someone who could bridge the widening gulf between disaffected students and disconcerted administrators. When his predecessor resigned under pressure in 1970, Epps was appointed Dean of Students.