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...title of his new book, and it is now raising nervous laughs in the twitchy precincts of Madison Avenue. First recorded on tape, then edited by Sometime Author Charles Sopkin and published last week by Simon and Schuster, the book is an earnest effort by Delia Femina to buttress his reputation as the Peck's Bad Boy of advertising. At 33, he heads his own agency and is one of the more abrasive of the young "creatives" who have risen fast in a mercurial business...
When Jenkins outlined the government's forthcoming economic policies in the budget speech, TIME Correspondent Patricia Delaney reports, his tone was expansive, yet not completely openhanded. He retained most of the restrictions on consumer spending-curbs that are designed to stimulate exports and buttress the balance of payments-but he cut from 40% to 30% the deposits that importers must make when they place orders. He reduced the basic bank-lending rate by half a point, to 7%, and demolished the 2½-year-old ceiling on the amount of bank loans. In addition, the government will trim taxes...
There is no evidence of chaos around Dickey, only unmistakable signs of a man who knows himself well, likes to stretch himself at least as far as his limits and intends to have some reserves left to buttress the extensions. Dickey's house on a man-made lake in Columbia, S.C., which he shares with his wife and younger son, is a pleasant, orderly place that shows the number of things the owner cares deeply about. In his study are eight guitars -six and twelve string, silk and steel and bronze string -that Dickey plays a couple of hours...
...have invoked Lenin's ideas to enhance their collective leadership and his image to associate themselves with the heroic struggles of the past. By emphasizing their identity with Lenin as the authentic interpreter of Marx and the innovator of Socialist power, the Soviet leaders have also sought to buttress their position against Mao and Communist China...
Have the Soviet efforts made better fighters out of the Arabs? The Israeli answer is a resounding no, overall. As if to buttress their contention, the Israelis last week launched the largest attacks since the Six-Day War on the Syrian front. Annoyed by mounting numbers of small Syrian probes, Israeli jets and artillery pounded Syrian positions for seven hours, knocking out at least 15 antiaircraft and artillery batteries...