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...national parliamentary elections, Mrs. Gandhi was at the peak of her popularity, and she and the Congress Party won overwhelmingly in Uttar Pradesh. Though she is still respected there, the state government has been shoddy and corrupt and as feudalistic as the ancient Moslem regimes that were displaced by the British. Indeed, in the past year the state has been beset by a provincial-police mutiny, widespread rioting and looting prompted by food shortages, soaring inflation, power failures, unemployment, vicious black markets and bureaucratic incompetence. As a result, Mrs. Gandhi was reluctantly forced to fire her hand-picked state government...
...specific forecasts for 1974. Several who had looked forward to an upturn starting at midyear now think it will be delayed until the fourth quarter. That will produce only 1% real growth or less-.3% says IBM's David Grove. But most cling to forecasts that unemployment will peak at about 6% (Nathan, an exception, guesses 7% or more) and that consumer prices this year will average close to 9% higher than in 1973. Though scarcely cheery, those latter predictions are little worse than those made a few months ago. The inflation forecast actually assumes some improvement: the Government...
Pearson's Washington Merry-Go-Round-it was seldom very merry-ran at its peak seven days a week in 600 newspapers. As he makes clear in his Diaries, he was immensely proud of his eminence and influence. Clearly, too, as he dictated almost daily entries in this personal journal, he considered them footnotes to history, not merely private ruminations. And in a way they are. Pearson confided no major revelations to the diaries; scoops, after all, were his daily bread and butter, and he appears to have expended them all as he found them. But the diaries...
Essick is wary because "shaving down" is a swimming strategy that can significantly lower times. It psychologically drains a team, however, because it demands a total effort. It is used most effectively only once in a season, when the team needs a peak performance...
Radcliffe's domination of the division is more an indication of the circuit's weakness than Radcliffe's real strength. While McLane has placed well racing on her own in U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association races, winning the senior division of the New Year's cup at Pat's Peak on January 5 and the Mt. Snow Cup held at Mt. Snow on February 10, these races are marked by a distinct lack of good competition. In both cases the juniors class (18 and under) far outpaced the senior field...