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...Fund. The move jeopardized the Caribbean nation's ability to renegotiate its $2.4 billion in foreign debt, because lenders have insisted that it first reach agreement on an austerity program with the IMF. But Dominican leaders, fearful that IMF demands for a sharp hike in gasoline prices would spark a new round of violent protests, decided to quit the talks...
Similarly, Peer Contraceptive Counseling this year began its freshman outreach program, discussing birth control with freshman proctoral units. Stephanie R. Dickerson '86, student coordinator of the group, adds that issues such as the recent Pi Eta newsletter help spark more general discussion as well...
Many experts believe that lavish raises for corporate higher-ups will hurt the U.S. economy. Big executive paychecks, they fear, could spark an upsurge in inflation because rank-and-file workers and union leaders can use them to justify higher wage demands. Moreover, higher wages would make the U.S. even less competitive with foreign producers than it is at present...
...shield that will give us the illusion of safety, but will fail us should the final crisis ever come. Even the attempt to erect a ballistic missile defense will prove disastrous to national security. If we press ahead with Reagan's "star wars" concept, we will alienate our allies, spark a new arms race, and waste billions of dollars that could be better spent on conventional defense or social programs...
...missile merry-go-round simply isn't worth the cost. The President wants us to pursue the mirage of absolute security in an age when weapons of mass destruction make such security impossible. Only myopic could lead us to break a successful arms accord, destroy our European alliance, and spark an arms race for the sake of a new Maginot line which would never work. Spending tens of billions of dollars researching a fatally flawed idea, and perhaps hundreds of billions implementing it would indeed require blindness on a national scale...