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Speculation on the likelihood of a bust has been rampant at the Mall, although the government has given assurances a bust will not occur tonight. However, many observers have indicated that if the government is to establish a precendent to keep this Saturday's and later demonstrations out of the parks, the vets will have to be removed...
Population pressures increase the likelihood of widespread government drives, or even coercion, to limit births. Couples who are warned by genetic counseling that they risk producing deformed offspring would face far greater pressure than they do now to avoid having children; those with defective genes could become, in effect, second-class citizens, a caste of genetic lepers...
...report offered several suggestions for similar situations in the future, but concluded that the Physics Department had acted properly in cancelling the lecture to avoid the likelihood of violence. The complete report will be distributed to students later this week...
Despite the increased likelihood of a bust, the women at the center are planning a full complement of weekend activities. These will include canvassing the Riverside community on Saturday and a "kid's day" on Sunday...
...insists is "most likely better than any of the well-known larger models." It is certainly constructed on different lines. Laffer uses only raw economic data; he ignores the seasonal adjustments that more conventional economists prefer because he thinks they "smear things." He also disregards such matters as the likelihood of a steel strike next summer, the prospective size of the federal deficit and the amount of money saved in banks. "These things all averaged out to zero when we tracked their effect [on the overall economy] in the statistics," he says...