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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Now the fires have cooled on both sides. But Fonda is still passionately political. Together with her husband Tom Hayden, a comrade-against-arms and an unsuccessful senatorial candidate in last year's election, she is promoting what they call "economic democracy," a vague term that seems to mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Growing Fonda of Jane | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

The shy, easygoing Campbell worked as a lineman for Southern Bell Telephone Co. and a tractor dealer, then joined the Calhoun bank in 1968. He rose to vice president in three years. But Campbell apparently found his $18,000 salary inadequate. Beginning in 1971, he began diverting bank funds to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lance: Going, Going... | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

Carter's relief plan is being accepted by farmers-if only because it offers a safety net. Instinctively, many farmers prefer the vagaries of the free market to even a hint of intervention by Big Government: in this case, however, most recognize that they have come close to being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Swollen Silos, Edgy Farmers | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

A main reason for housing inflation is that land prices have multiplied six times in the past 20 years and now account for an unprecedented 25% of builders' costs. In some regions the spiral appears to be accelerating. Two examples: in Miami's Bade County, a basic 100-ft. by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Housing: It's Outasight | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

Veterinarian George Beatty operates a small animal hospital on a 1¼-acre plot in the Chicago suburb of Palatine, Ill. This year his real estate taxes jumped from $4,200 to $14,000 to help pay for a new school. "I don't mind paying taxes if they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Those Wild, Wild Property Taxes | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

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