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Ford and his advisers recognize, however, that they have a brutal problem: if the recession continues longer than now expected, they must choose the point at which the terrible costs of a continued downward spiral outweigh the benefits of tempering inflation and dictate some new stimulation (probably tax relief rather than more spending). But that point, in their view, has not come yet, and for a while longer, recession will continue to alter the lives and outlooks of millions of Americans...
...children from the "higher" strata of society expected by society, their families, and, of course, by themselves to go to college, but basic human nature drives one to hold on to what one has so that "...virtually all children from the higher strata have an intense interest in avoiding downward mobility." "Lower" strata children, on the other hand, are not only expected to remain where they are by society, their families, and themselves--they also are not "hungry" for mobility as it seems that "Large numbers of children from the lower social strata have only limited interest in upward mobility...
...longer simply a matter of better management. The downward trend in governmental support places more and more pressure on the University's private sources of income, yet these sources are in the process of undergoing a dual squeeze...
Curtailing oil imports directly by imposing quotas would help pressure the oil-exporting nations to lower their prices, but that move could also send economic activity downward...
...Superficially, he maintains a calm indifference and manipulative diplomacy. He is so much like a chameleon that he acquires the characteristics of persons he's dealing with, including a stutter. For Heller, he is the conglomerate image of corporate man in America, at once the symbol of upward and downward mobility. "I ascend," he says, "like a Condor, while falling to pieces...