Word: worke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lampoon President Andrew S. Borowitz '80 praised Yorkin for his work with Norman Lear on productions such as "All in the Family" and "Sanford and Son." "This is the first 'nice' award the Lampoon has given in recent memory--maybe more than recent memory," Borowitz added...
While the hard-line stance of the administration is no alcohol for underclassmen, masters and students are still trying to work out a compromise. Masters can throw parties with alcohol, even if students cannot, but the funds must come from the House entertainment budget and thus ultimately from the students' room charges. Increasing the entertainment budget to cover the booze the individual students would have bought for themselves before the ban is unfair to the teetotalling minority. Besides, alcohol is expensive; the masters could use their budget to reach many students more often if they were not burdened with...
...told you that he could not live outside of your house; perhaps one of his enemies waits outside your door. Moreover, he informs you that he needs food and clothing and someone to talk to--he needs your presence much of the day. He becomes more demanding: you must work less, earn less, give up jogging...
...understand, and would probably fight if it did--the federal government could take steps to enforce gasoline conservation, either directly by legislated requirements for Detroit or indirectly by an exorbitant gas tax that would force car-makers to produce more efficient autos. There would be inevitable problems to work out, but the public would see a concrete step against inflation much more comprehensible and palatable than Volcker's fiddling...
...should people understand that inflation and oil prices are bound up when their top economic officials and their media economists, like Newsweek's Friedman, tell them they aren't? Volcker's path leads to economic chaos, not because economists don't understand how it will work, but because it ignores principles even non-economists can understand...