Word: adds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year. But inflation has wrecked these plans, and additional spending is expected. To get SALT II approved, its supporters will probably have to agree to increased defense outlays of as much as $7 billion. The recession may trigger further spending; a jump of 2% in the unemployment rate could add $40 billion to the deficit because of lower tax revenues and higher spending on social programs. If there is a tax cut to combat the recession, that alone could push the deficit for fiscal 1980 to $50 billion or $60 billion...
...Ralph Nader is a leader. He called the corporations to account. Ben Bradlee has been the supreme iconoclast of American journalists. He'd expose his own mother. He and Abe Rosenthal [executive editor of the New York Times] changed the course of American journalism. I'd also add CBS Producer Don Hewitt (60 Minutes) because he made reality exciting...
...another. This has been reflected in White House swings of policy and shifts of focus. He has fought first unemployment, then inflation, then the energy war. At one moment Carter has preached a balanced budget and then turned around and sent Congress a health-care plan that would add $24 billion to federal spending. He has said he favors decontrol of energy prices, but has always been reluctant to take such steps...
...song to the soundtrack in what must surely be the most extraordinary case of film tinkering ever: he is readying a revised version of Close Encounters, one of the top ten grossers of all time, for release next spring. Besides trimming sequences and adding scenes, Spielberg plans to add new footage to, yes, the ending...
...merchandising scene. Viguerie's organization sends out 80 million letters a year, mostly on behalf of conservative politicians and organizations. Since people are more likely to respond to mail that has been prepared by hand, Ratigan said, a machine was used to paste stamps on the envelopes. To add to the verisimilitude, the device even sticks the stamps.on slightly crooked...