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While the Reagan Administration struggled to contain these volatile situations, it faced a host of nagging problems on other fronts, domestic as well as foreign. The unresolved budget crisis contributed to fears that the recession would linger and interest rates would stay high, even though the White House had one bit of good news: the consumer price index actually went down in March for the first time in 17 years (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
...blaze burned from the roofs downward, affording precious extra seconds for people to escape. Perhaps most important was the selfless heroism of residents who pounded on the doors of sleeping neighbors before fleeing. One additional stroke of luck: the winds subsided at midmorning, giving fire fighters a chance to contain the advancing flames...
...Troy has asserted that portions of her files contain medical data which legally can not be excluded from evidence...
...play is set with a grace and fineness that augments the acting well. From the sexagonal throwing to the crystal decanter, the set is perfect for the aristocratic discussions it will contain (from pop psychology to the difficulty of finding good servants). The lighting, at least during the seance scenes, is good enough to prompt occasional gasps from the audience...
...Unthinkable); physicists who explain how the bomb works; military men who explain how it might be used; and physicians and other scientists who speculate on what might happen when it is exploded. Schell concludes that once a nuclear war broke out, there would probably be no way to contain or limit it, much less win it. The dynamic of spontaneous, irreversible escalation would quickly destroy all the well-laid plans of the war games and the "doctrines" of the political leaders, just as it would destroy almost everything else-not just civilization, but much of the ecosystem as well, sparing...