Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...book defies simple categorizing, The Bright Lights is neither a collection of "Famous Theater Personalities I Have Known" anecdotes, though many celebrated names fill its pages, nor an intellectual sermon on the theater, though it contains many epigrams that any actor, established or aspiring, should cut out and tape to his mirror. Instead, the book combines both these elements, forming a recitation of memories interspersed with philosophy. It reads like a dreamy monologue, as if the reader and Miss Seldes went home together after her evening performance, and she began to describe her career. The soliloquy soon disregards the rules...
Expressing a "pessimistic view" about the success of Proposition 13, Martin S. Feldstein '61, professor of Economics, said Saturday the tax cut will force people to give up $1 in services to save 40 or 50 cents in taxes...
Bringing up the tax cut proposal sponsored by Sen. William J. Roth (R-Del.) and Rep. Jack F. Kemp (R-N.Y.), Feldstine argued that "in a society like ours where inflation is inherent," a tax cut should be, in some way, linked to the inflation rate...
...said that under the plan, which calls for a 33 per cent cut in the tax rates spread over four years, the 8 per cent yearly reduction could be impossible if the inflation rate jumped past its current 7 per cent annual level...
...wood-oil burner heats the company building, which used to be a gas station. A set of solar collectors supplies hot water, and a windmill will create most of the electricity necessary to light the store. Insulation and roof windows cut down on the need for artificial heat and light...