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Walt Disney was something of an artist, also a sideshow barker, a Truly Great American, and eternal-youth tonic salesman. Richard Schickel, in his nasty biography of Disney. The Disney Version, casts the entire history of Disneyland in a pseudo-leftist critique of consumer oriented art. He sees Disney's...

Author: By Laurence Bergreen, | Title: Disney's Lands: Is the Shyster in the Back Room of Illusion? | 1/12/1972 | See Source »

"Oh, Lord, I know I have no friend like you. If Heaven's not my home, Oh Lord what will I do?" speak not so much to an omnipotent deity, but simply confirm everyman's need for a resting place, a safe haven and a friend. Rural life has always...

Author: By Nancy Talbott, | Title: Mountain Music, Southern Gestalt, and the Ramblers | 1/6/1972 | See Source »

Now in terms of China, I think we would be less than candid were we not to admit that what really matters here is not the fact that the trip to China is announced, the meeting with the Soviets is announced, but how they work. Our people have become accustomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: An Interview with the President: The Jury Is Out | 1/3/1972 | See Source »

THE sanctity of the dollar has been virtually an article of the American faith. Fewer and fewer in the land still remember the grim days of the Great Depression, when Franklin Roosevelt took the dollar off the gold standard, shocking the hard-money stalwarts in their plush club chairs around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Dollars and Diplomacy: A New Reality | 12/27/1971 | See Source »

Many physicians are accustomed to flexibility in their billing. Establishing the pre-freeze base prices to which increases are keyed can be an intricate business. And patients are often in no position to go comparison shopping or to object to cost.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Phase II for Health Care | 12/27/1971 | See Source »

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