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...1920s and the 1960s is "a large increase in private domestic debt." Martin and some other credit experts are concerned about the spiraling of corporate debt, which rose 61% last year, now tops $400 billion. They also lament the "sloppiness" of the debt-meaning that eager lenders are reaching downward to extend credit to borrowers who never before would have qualified for it. To moderate the rapid growth of credit, the Federal Reserve has been tightening up slightly on interest rates and the money supply. But credit in the U.S. remains cheaper and more plentiful than in almost any other...
...glider's descent once it reaches the atmosphere, the pilot has a rudder on each tail fin for turning, a pair of flaps on the top of the aft section of the body for upward pitch and roll adjustments, and a single flap under the aft section for downward pitch. If angle of descent becomes too sharp, the pilot can fire the two small thruster rockets on board. Wings are not necessary to achieve stability and lift...
Perhaps the most forbiddingly difficult of DeBakey's aneurysm cases involved a man of 38 with a dissecting aneurysm that began in the chest cavity above the diaphragm and had not only grown in width but had also extended downward through the diaphragm, making a wide split where there is normally a tight fit. Worse still, the splitting of the arterial walls extended into parts of four branch arteries-the two renals, supplying both kidneys; the mesenteric, supplying much of the intestines; and the celiac, supplying the stomach, liver and spleen. Using a graft with six connections, Dr. DeBakey...
...vicious circle. As clubs began to be invaded by the hillbillies, jazzlovers became alienated and retreated to their FM radios and phonographs. Then, as fewer people went to hear jazz, clubs found it more and more profitable to hire more folksingers. This alienated the jazzlovers still more, and a downward spiral has developed...
...reserves in dollars and pounds. When the prices of their primary commodities rise, they build up reserves; and when prices decline, they use their dollars to pay for goods and services in Europe. Through the last two quarters of 1964 and the beginning of 1965, commodity prices have trended downward...