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Taking a less optimistic view, Rupert Emerson '22, professor of Government, declared that America was now suffering from a "creeping paralysis" which will probably worsen with the approach of the presidential elections...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fairbank, Reischauer Blast Attackers at H.L.U. Forum | 10/4/1951 | See Source »

...Labor wins again, it will probably not continue nationalization beyond the iron and steel industry (the bill is currently suffering delays in the House of Lords), unless economic conditions worsen considerably. The party is firmly pledged to continue all of the "welfare state" projects, and is expected to push ahead with its colonial development scheme for African agriculture. This plan, it is hoped, will be a long-range solution to Britain's food problems. Thus far it has absorbed much money and produced few peanuts. The Labor campaign has stressed social benefits, housing progress, and the full employment which...

Author: By David L. Ratner, | Title: BRASS TACKS | 2/23/1950 | See Source »

...recent source of university concern has been the reduction in the return on investment, for the rate of interest has been declining over a long period. Harvard suffered no serious drop in its total return on investment last year, but there remains the danger that the recession may suddenly worsen and thus take a bigger chunk out of investment income. However, the University takes comfort in its continued conservative investment policy. Harvard's capital is much safer than that of schools whose need for higher returns has made them switch to more risky investments...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: U. S. Higher Education Faces Crisis | 11/5/1949 | See Source »

...Communist Boss Clemente Maglietta), the strikers quickly seized the post office, telephone exchange and radio station. The strike's purpose: to protest rising prices. Strikes for similarly popular causes (better schools, housing, recreational facilities) easily win the workers' support and serve at the same time to worsen the economic position, for which the Government is blamed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Strike Technique | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

...foreign policy more free of the influence of Germany and Russia. .Several of Foreign Minister Matsuoka's pro-Axis appointees, including Axis Stooge Toshio Shiratori, resigned from the Foreign Office. This freedom will be most useful in the case of Russia, since it will allow Japan to worsen relations against the time when she may attack eastern Siberia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Southward Ho? | 7/28/1941 | See Source »

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