Word: contrasts
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...budget deficit higher than $60 billion (the House resolution forecasts red ink of $57.9 billion) and many voters who oppose increasing the federal deficit. This same anti-inflation spirit turned House Republicans into a formidable force, even though they are outnumbered by Democrats, 288 seats to 147. In contrast to Senate Republicans, who let their budget resolution breeze through unchallenged last month, House Republicans set out to cut about $20 billion from the Democrats' proposed spending. Said New York's Barber Conable, a chief G.O.P. budget strategist: "Bob Giaimo is exhibiting grace, wit and patience in a difficult...
Sales figures are mute testimony to his claim: the quantity of alcoholic beverages consumed has risen from 934 million gal. in 1965 to 1,549 million in 1977-14 gal. per capita. (By contrast U.S. per capita consumption in 1977 was 25 gal. But public drunkenness in the U.S. is generally less tolerated.) Alcohol is more available in Japan than in any of the hard-swilling Western nations. Commonly called mizu shobai, or "water business." it is a $40 billion enterprise, enhanced by 100,000 conveniently located vending machines dispensing hard liquor, beer and sake 24 hours...
...Reynolds is restless; he tries to stretch himself. In Hustle and Semi-Tough, his macho screen personality has been tempered by moments of vulnerability and wistfulness. In Gator he plunged into directing. Not all of these experiments have paid off, but they do make for a fascinating career. In contrast to such superstars as Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford, Reynolds is still capable of surprising his fans...
Begin's trip got off to a cheerful start at the White House-in contrast to his chilly reception last March. He spent two hours with Vance, then half an hour with Carter. Afterward, in a ceremony on the White House lawn, the President pledged "total, absolute American commitment to Israel's security." In response, Begin called Carter's speech "one of the greatest moral statements ever." He acknowledged that no hard bargaining had been attempted. "The changes for the better are only in atmosphere," he said...
Last week, TIME asked three leading Israeli intellectuals who hold quite different views to reflect on the contrast, as they saw it, between the dream of Israel and the reality. Novelist Amos Oz, 39 (My Michael, The Hill of Evil Counsel), is a dove; a member of a kibbutz in the Jerusalem corridor, he served in a tank unit during Israel's last two wars. Shmuel Katz, 63, was a comrade of Menachem Begin in the underground Irgun movement; a Herut Party member of the Knesset and an Israeli superhawk, he resigned as the Premier's foreign information...