Word: clippings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Puzzling Reversal. The interest turnabout seems contradictory. The Federal Reserve Board in the first quarter expanded the nation's money supply at a 9% annual rate. Consumers are saving at a near-record clip, putting still more lendable cash into financial institutions. About a fourth of U.S. industry's plant capacity is still idle, indicating no great need for expansion funds...
...article was so well received that Church went out of his way to list all the preparations that contributed to its success. One item that others might have overlooked: he had got his hair and beard trimmed before writing. Since then he has made the pre-cover clip a personal fetish and an office joke. Business Editor Marshall Loeb, who has edited all of Church's cover stories, finds the writer's affection for the whimsical an asset. Says Loeb: "George has the ability to write stories geared to both the general reader and the specialist...
...Indeed. Serrano has been very impressive, both at bat and in the field. The Crimson shortstop had the other two RBI's yesterday and his bat continues to blaze at a 353 clip. Catcher Pete Varney also added points to his already plump 350 batting average with two hits against the Engineers...
...begins with a clip from the 1939 serial Buck Rogers, showing Buster Crabbe happily engaged in space exploration in the 25th century. But the real 25th century, says THX 1138 director George Lucas, is a denatured anthill where populations lead lives of quiet respiration. Every bodily function is mechanically analyzed; sexual relations are forbidden; food consists of ampuls and dehydrated protein bars...
...McMahon, 63, who has served in Australian governments for 20 years and hankered to become P.M. for almost as long. He is remembered as Australia's most competent postwar Treasurer, though he was transferred to the less important Ministry of External Affairs in 1969 because Gorton wanted to clip his wings. The hard-working McMahon soon reorganized the department, changed his title to Foreign Minister and remained a key figure in the government...