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...government of President Shehu Shagari has belatedly taken some steps to curb spending and slow the runaway growth of the corrupt and bloated Nigerian bureaucracy. The Shagari government in December proposed a 12% cutback in government spending from 1981 levels. Additional austerity measures included the restrictions on the use of official cars by ministers and civil servants, a government-wide clampdown on foreign junketing, and a ban on unauthorized international telephone calls...
...himself either "not at all" or "only a little" for the economic downturn. Only 33% blamed him "a lot" or "fairly much," although this represents an increase of 8% since the December poll. At the same time 46% believe that the President's economic policy will help to curb inflation while only 21% said it will add to inflation...
...long known that a recession will curb price increases temporarily; it is now learning that a deep enough recession can even begin to turn around deep-seated inflationary forces. But the nation is a long way yet from proving that it knows how to combine low inflation with sturdy growth in production, incomes and jobs...
...would probably discourage sexually active teenage women from taking advantage of family planning clinics, most of which receive some degree of federal support Relying on mere common sense, experts in the field agree that those young people will neither begin bringing up contraception with the folks over dinner nor curb their sexual activity at the behest of Ronald Reagan. Alternate sources of contraceptives are available, but most adolescents patronize the clinic in the first place because they do not have access to a private doctor or because they intelligently desire effective methods to supplement those offered over the counter...
...Social Relations concentrator, Gunnoe continued to play lacrosse for Baltimore-and Boston-area clubs, after he hung up his Crimson jersey. A Knee injury inflicted during a 1965 rugby match forced him to curb his activity, but Gunnoe still manages to run or swim nearly everyday...