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...Alfredo Magaña "is making a concerted and significant effort" to curb violations. The study presented statistics from five sources showing that the number of civilian deaths from political violence has dropped considerably. Said Enders: "All available evidence suggests that the most serious violations are on a slow, downward curve...
BRITAIN. Estimates for growth this year have again been scaled downward. Samuel Brittan now predicts an increase in the gross national product of just .75%, instead of the 2% he foresaw in January. On the positive side, he points out that private investment has held up remarkably well, and inflation, which was running at 20% annually in 1980, will drop this year...
...fell upon Greenwich Village in legendary times, and she became a legend herself. Pursuing what she described as the "downward path to salvation," she experienced in short order an abortion, a marriage that failed to survive the European honeymoon, and a not very passionate love affair, designed primarily to produce the child she had come to long for, Tamar...
...first year in office, he urged patience on his New Right supporters, who wanted fast action on politically charged social issues like permitting prayer in public schools. The Administration needed time, said the President and his men, to concentrate on more urgent economic problems. With the economy's downward spiral beginning to erode Reagan's political base, the President moved last week to regain some good will with a constituency that is vital for him. At the same time he moved to diminish the anger of another group, which has never trusted...
...historic news came as no surprise. The gloomy April results had been expected for several weeks, as the economy continued to spiral downward. The unemployment rates for adult males, women who support families, teen-agers and blacks were already at record levels and they went still higher...