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...President is counting on big corporations to take up the employment slack caused by his programs, he may have a grim surprise awaiting him. Allowing them to keep more of their profits won't cause them to create many more jobs. The Department of Commerce reports that since 1970 net corporate profits have risen 270 per cent--and unemployment has soared as well...
...coach Walsh said, "With what we've got we're doing well." But what's she's got is young, undeveloped talent lacking the backbone of veteran skill. Joel, Stone and Costin have been strong; but at 1-6, this season looks grim...
THOUGHTS ARE ERRANT during exam period. The worlds of fact and doctrine ("Birds cannot actually fly; they are merely prodigious leapers!") collide with the grim fantasies spawned by anxiety ("Perhaps there will be an earthquake and we won't have to take exams"). One sits at a chair and looks out the window. Cambridge does not even have the grace to be covered with snow ("What if Harry Levin actually wrote the plays of Shakespeare?"). Sulphur-laden ice spreads like cancer over the Charles and Roast Beef Specials cost 60c ("If the Atlantic rose a few inches, Boston would...
...Washington, a shocked HEW Secretary Joseph Califano has called for a search of old health files for the region. Back in Utah, a newly formed "committee of survivors" is on the lookout for more possible victims. Before their grim search is over, the "survivors" expect to find a dramatically higher toll...
This time his premise is grim and all too true. Innocent people are being kidnaped or blown up by terrorists, tortured and murdered by repressive regimes of all political stripes. West's question may be old, but it is nonetheless urgent: Is it possible to combat violence without becoming violent...