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...Nixon Administration has at one time or another applied the diverse economic theories of Milton Friedman (concentration on money supply), John Maynard Keynes (liberal spending) and John Kenneth Galbraith (price control). Last week, still seeking an effective anti-inflation strategy, it went back to Adam Smith. In a bow to the oldtime, laissez-faire religion of reduced Government spending, the White House announced that it would try to trim more than $5 billion out of the budget for fiscal 1975, which starts this week. If the cuts are actually made, spending would still rise to a record $300 billion...
...Life in Cambridge isn't too bad, especially if you like or can stand big crowds. Several places in the Square feature good local bands and tolerably good liquor. Oxford Ale House (36 Chruch St.), Charlie's Place (1 Bow St.) and Jacks (952 Mass Ave) are about the best the area has to offer...
...stanced uneven gait, and the black-bordered and lace-trimmed handkerchief in which he sequesters Olivia's ring. His celebrated yellow-stocking scene is severely marred, though, by the absence of the prescribed cross-garters. What's the idea of trying to make do with a pair of ordinary bow-knotted circlets around the knees when the text refers nine times to cross-gartering? F'shame...
...crossbow, in other words, going from a state of alert readiness to a situation less tense but still ready for a fight. The Russian word razriadka has a similar meaning. Translated into political terms, both words connote a relaxation of tension, a willingness to at least lower the raised bow without necessarily cozying up to the other side...
...sees the light only when its owner wish es to enjoy it, K'ang-hsi's words and sentiments have hardly faded with the years. A man achingly alive to art and nature, he wrote of the exhilaration of fine horsemanship and of his prowess with the bow and fowling piece. He combined his travels and hunting with military exercises, forging a large, disciplined army of mounted archers that proved itself in the rebellion and civil wars that plagued the middle years of his reign...