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During the 1976 presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter singled out the end-of-year spending orgy as one that he, as a sound manager, would stop. So much for good intentions. During the past fiscal year, monthly spending commitments by Government ranged between $39.5 billion and $51.2 billion a month until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Autumn Binge | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Deeds on file at the Middlesex County Courthouse show that Harvard violated the letter of its pledge not to acquire property outside the "Daly red line," a self-imposed boundary around existing University property.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Buys Condominium Across Red Line | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

These defenses were an example of extraordinary bacterial cunning. Along with their regular complement of DNA, of genes, the single-celled creatures are endowed with extra bits of genetic material called plasmids, which often provide a remarkable capability. The plasmids contain instructions enabling the microbe to produce enzymes that either...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Drugged Cows | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

The three advisers are an odd mix. Vance and Brzezinski have never really got along or understood each other. It has to do with temperament: Vance is more cool, methodical, even slogging, than the nimble, aggressive Brzezinski. Though the Secretary in the past has been bitterly opposed to Brzezinski'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Question of Who's in Charge | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

As the world's largest democracy, with almost 360 million voters, the majority of them illiterate, India needs time to organize its election. The chief election commissioner has already started work, but the logistics involved mean a delay of three to four months. Meanwhile, the caretaker government can only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: A Constitutional Crisis | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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