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...last three years would be at risk." The Fed governor said the Reserve Board might gently nudge up short-term interest rates, now at about 9%, to the 10% range. Many private experts, including Alan Greenspan, who was chief economic adviser to President Ford, agree that the economy can withstand a small hike in interest rates. The recovery could be cooled, Greenspan believes, without being crushed...
Most of the students agree that although the South African economy is stable enough to withstand total withdrawal of American corporate influence, both the United States and Harvard should divest. "Morally, I support divestiture completely," says Menell. "It's not really a practical question, but the South African government does care what its American ally thinks of it." Fox also argues that divestiture might "frighten" the whites into believing that clinging to apartheid will no longer be tolerated by the world community. He adds that Harvard's divestiture would have little or no effect, but that it would constitute...
...Selye showed that when the fight-or-flight response becomes chronic, as it does in battle, long-term chemical changes occur, leading to high blood pressure, an increased rate of arteriosclerosis, depression of the immune system and a cascade of other problems. "Humans have a fairly robust capacity to withstand a massive dose of acute stress," says Dr. Fred Goodwin, director of intramural research at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). "Where we fall down is in our ability to mobilize for recurrent stressful episodes." Today the physiology of stress is being worked out in extraordinary detail. Says Neurochemist...
Krugale attributes the high quality of his product to the fact it is made from scratch every day without preservatives. Due to special ingredients and a secret freezing process, Steve's ice cream is rich and thick enough to withstand the mix-in process, he says...
...poured some 475,000 metric tons of oil into the sea. Scientists still cannot say what the effects were on the rich fisheries, coral reefs or sea-grass beds of the Caribbean basin. But they agree that the beautifully delicate world of the Caribbean could not readily withstand a repetition of that environmental disaster. - By Frederic Golden