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When Presidents get isolated, they miss firsthand observations that sharpen the judgment. They begin to lose the inner instincts that warn when statistics may be deceptive, that suggest human responses that data do not reveal. In no field is it more important to have that internal receptivity than in economics...
...area of business is watching the economic numbers more closely than advertising. Consumers' reluctance to buy is causing nervous fidgeting in a field that has prospered by selling Americans on the convenience of Polaroid cameras, the refreshment of Cokes or the glamour of Cadillacs. Traditionally, advertising budgets are among the first victims of a recession, as companies attempt to cut costs by slowing their promotions. Total advertising expenditures are expected to rise to more than $55 billion this year, which represents a modest 2% gain over 1979. But agencies fear the impact of the economic downturn. Stuart Upson, chairman...
...accepted proposals in just about every energy field, including wood, wind, solar, biomass, hydropower and the general area of conservation. To get money, however, the applicants must first go through a rigorous winnowing process that is designed to eliminate technically unfeasible ideas and those that do not meet regional and state energy needs. The maximum available to any one scheme under the awkwardly named Appropriate Technology Small Grants Program is $50,000, but grants as small as $200 will be made. The 800 or so lucky applicants will be culled from 19,329 proposals received by the DOE, with...
Even if these moves provoke wholesale defections among the boycotters, certain events in the Summer Games will surely suffer. The absence of Japan, West Germany and the U.S. will undermine the value of medals in men's gymnastics, men's track and field, basketball, swimming, judo, boxing, freestyle wrestling and women's volleyball. Boycotts by individual sports federations-yachtsmen from Great Britain and Australia, equestrians from France, Switzerland and Australia -will deprive those events of much of their competitive stature. There will probably be additional dropouts from the Olympics by individual athletes whose countries have decided...
...President a fair shake against "ridiculous criticism." The 90% of blacks who voted for Carter in 1976 believed his promise of more jobs, says Rowan, only to find black unemployment now worse: "Carter turned out to be not a populist but a smalltown businessman." But after surveying the presidential field, Rowan concludes, "I'm not supporting any of these turkeys...