Word: bowe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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James Buckley is, in almost all other ways, less flamboyant than his previously more famous brother. He dresses conservatively, sometimes wears a bow tie, and his graying hair is in a longish crew cut. He and his wife Ann have what he calls a planned family of six: "I wanted no less than six children and Ann wanted no more than...
...quasi-religious revival is stirring in pop music. Three of the biggest hit singles of 1970 bow deeply to religion-Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water, the Beatles' Let It Be, and Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky. Bob Dylan's latest album New Morning contains a new song. Three Angels, that chides everyday people for their indifference to God. Far and away the most ambitious pop venture into the Scriptures is a new English rock opera, Jesus Christ, Superstar, released last week in the U.S. on an 87-minute, two-LP album...
...workers want at least part of the dream now. and they have the power to demand it. Unions have often been paid off at the expense of the consumer. The large unions in industries like trucking or construction have far more strength than the small, independent employers, who simply bow to wage demands, accept restrictive labor practices and pass on the increased costs to their customers. But many other industries?notably autos, steel and chemicals?run grave risks of losing markets when they kick prices up. Foreign automakers already build 15% of the cars that Americans...
...steadily more complex. But on the Mexican border, tactics have regressed to old-fashioned simplicity. The authorities are now using dogs to sniff out U.S.-bound marijuana. Smugglers, in turn, are using the weapons of another age; they now shoot small packets of pot across the Rio Grande by bow and arrow...
...beset by a strong Democratic candidate in Richard Ottinger, the Buckley candidacy and defections in Republican ranks because of his liberal stance. While he has been careful not to attack the President personally during the campaign, he is presenting himself as an independent, principled Republican who will not bow to high-level pressure. His tough response to Agnew apparently reflects his belief that he can approach liberal voters with greater success if he sports an "Attacked by Spiro...