January 11, 1993

Longer-term interest rates are coming under upward pressure again as investors and traders seem to be focusing on the uncertainity over the coming change in Administrations and the Democrats' taking control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. But shorter-term interest rates could hold steady for now if the news in Friday's employment data -- that economic growth is still very slow -- continues.

Most magazine publishers would rather make waves for what is between their covers than for the clumsy machinations of their editorial and business staff. Yet the Harvard Business Review can't seem to help itself. The revolving door at the review swung noisily again last week, ushering in one new editor and ushering out another barely four months after he had arrived and drawing attention to what has become a lightning rod for criticism on the Harvard University campus.

The Economy A tax cut for the middle class might have to be delayed because of the soaring Federal budget deficit, three Democratic Congressional leaders said. [ Page A1. ] The glass ceiling for women in economics is rather thick. Only a handful are tenured professors at the nation's top-ranked universities, and men dominate the field. [ D1. ]

It came down to poise and a Dolphin game plan of such exquisite craft that Miami's offense, defense and special teams today cut through the pelting rain and romped over the mushy turf. And so the confident Dolphins, who have performed in 27 playoff games, all under Coach Don Shula, guaranteed themselves still another one. They routed the upstart San Diego Chargers, 31-0, in the divisional playoffs.

At age 40, Jaffe Cohen says he feels "older than everybody else." After stalking his circle of friends for more than a decade, AIDS has snatched and killed dozens of his contemporaries and left him with such a backlog of grief that sometimes when he is listening to music or relaxing under a hot shower he startles himself by letting out a sob. "Half my friends are dead," said Mr. Cohen, a gay man in New York City who has not been infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. "For a gay man friends are everything; it's not like we have kids and families."