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...housing issue may indeed have a long and boring history, as James Cramer says, but its end is not yet at hand. Dean Fox's proposal to house all freshmen in the Yard does not eliminate any of the perceived inequities of the housing system. It does, however, significantly worsen several of the long-standing problems...
...failure of traditional economic solutions may in the coming months push more and more of this block to see through men like Chirac and to break this pattern. The municipal elections this spring and the legislative elections next year will tell. Until then, unemployment continues to worsen while Chirac preoccupies the government and the nation with his divisive Assembly. It is the French working people--the very type of men and women who joined together for the December 5th rally--who are paying the price for this political opportunism got up in the guise of "historical drama...
...though sometimes it appears to be linked with obesity. In any case, drowsiness is only the mildest byproduct. The disorder can lead to hypoxia (low blood oxygen), hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease and in some cases sudden death. Nor is it easily treatable. Conventional sleeping pills can actually worsen the problem by increasing the breathing difficulty. Removing the tonsils and adenoids to make a larger breathing passage seems to work only in children. Shedding weight makes little difference. Jokes the still overweight Siegel: "I've lost 3,000 pounds over the years...
...Robertson, senior vice president and chief economist of Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank: "If he should try to adopt the Humphrey-Hawkins bill [which calls for heavy spending on public-service employment] or something like it, trying to reach a predetermined level of unemployment too quickly, this could seriously worsen inflation. One wonders what restraint can there be on a liberal Congress. President Ford vetoed spending programs that Mr. Carter might not be inclined to veto...
Homemade remedies usually do not work, and can worsen the infection, Norins said. Lice eggs, cemented to public hair shafts, do not wash off with ordinary soap and water, he added...