Word: budgeteering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...front pages, both an alarmed Surgeon General and Gori's boss at NCI went public to repudiate Gori and make sure everyone understood that cigarette smoking was still not considered safe. The federal antismoking campaign thus rolled on, expecting an extra $10 million from Carter's new budget...
...always. Some of the new movies have been big budget disappointments, notably Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Despite massive promotion, Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees, and a soundtrack album geared to bring in the kids, this pale attempt to dramatize an old Beatles album is a lame entry. During the first six days of August, one 1,500-seat theater in New York City sold less than 15% of the house at the average showing. I Wanna Hold Your Hand, another Beatles-inspired movie, got a clammy reception three months ago. Notes MCA President Sid Sheinberg...
...faces stiff competition in the September 19 Democratic primary from Dukakis (who is wowing crowds in his "Blizzard of '78" sweater) and from Ed King (former Massport director and All-American footballer). Operating on a shoestring budget (her sevenmember staff receives just $500 a week), Ackermann must compete with the media blitzes and black-tie fund-raisers of King and the "Duke." "Massachusetts voters are very sophisticated," says the former Cambridge mayor and veteran of five years on the Cambridge School Committee and ten on the Cambridge City Council. "Often, it's those who didn't go to Harvard...
...September 19 primary approaches, King supporters hope that Ackermann will deprive Dukakis of enough votes to put their candidate over the top. Barbara Ackermann persists doggedly in her scrupulously honest, low-budget campaign. And Michael Dukakis remains supremely oblivious of them both...
Some airlines offer as many as 90 fares and discount packages, and no one knows how many are in effect on all the lines. In general, however, the international cut-rate fares fall into two price categories. The first is budget, which requires buying a ticket three weeks in advance and checking with the airline a week in advance to find out the departure day. The price: $299 round trip New York-London, vs. $764 for regular economy class. Or, for the same price, the passenger can buy a ticket on the day of departure and "stand by," hoping...