Word: virtualization
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Ford's surge in the polls peaked a bit too early. Polls released before the weekend showed the race a virtual dead heat, and for the first time in the campaign, voters were forced to ask themselves if they wanted four more years of a Republican administration...
...court the Arabs by granting them economic and military aid and selling them weapons. While both candidates declare they would not tolerate any future oil embargo imposed by Arabs, Carter specifically warns that such an action would be regarded by him as an "economic declaration of war" warranting a virtual halt of all U.S. trade with the boycotters...
George Gallup, now 74, is still somewhat startled by the virtual evaporation of Carter's once-commanding lead, the largest such loss his organization has ever reported for a presidential candidate. Now Gallup sees indications that "Carter may be recouping his losses." The polls have "fluttered and stuttered," he says, because neither candidate has much stature in the minds of the voters -a fact that Gallup believes may result in an extremely low voter turnout next month. He argues that while Carter was seen as a conservative in the primaries, he appears more liberal when pitted against Ford. Says...
...reason that the nationwide rebound in housing lacks real punch is the lag in construction of new apartment buildings-in part, the result of the virtual freeze on federal subsidies for low-income dwellings, which was imposed by President Nixon in 1973. Moreover, the recent slump drove many small-and medium-sized subcontractors out of business, reducing the ability of the industry to meet the suddenly increased demand for single-family houses. Another major impediment to faster growth: the price of new and existing homes has been rising faster than the average family's ability to pay for them...
...nonetheless startlingly superficial. Amin's "economic war"--the wholesale destruction of the Asian community in Uganda--is accorded a scant few sentences and dismissed as a failure. That is however, considerably better than the discussion of Amin's shift from a relatively close relationship with Israel to a virtual alliance with Lybia. While the pathology of Amin's anti-Zionist position is explored in detail, in all its vicious paranoia, no serious effort to explain the political and/or economic motivations of his new alliance is attempted. It would seem that one is meant to chalk the whole thing...