Word: developement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Waltzing up against dead ends, blank faces and loneliness, Malamud's people are fated to develop into the agonizing absurdity of his "Talking Horse." With the Jewish name of Abramovitz, this circus freak bears all the historical suffering and doubts of his race, as well as the unique dilemma of wondering whether he is "a man in a horse or a horse that talks like a man." Opting for the former, Abramovitz devises an act of his own in which he begs the circus audience to set him free from the body of a horse and the tyranny...
Yorty showed no awareness that people were fed up with growing pollution, traffic congestion and haphazard development. He continued to refer to environmentalists as "kooks." When Bradley proposed a moratorium on highway building and the start of a rapid transit system, Yorty objected that highways "really move a lot of automobiles very efficiently." When Bradley urged a halt to drilling for oil on beaches, Yorty replied: "We ought to do everything we can to develop...
...Nixons did was assign to Abplanalp's unnamed investment company "an interest in the trust." There may be sound legal or tax reasons for this, but the White House offers no fuller explanation. Meanwhile, as long as Abplanalp's company does not take formal title or develop the balance of the property, the Nixons enjoy the benefit of a generous buffer zone, at no cost to them...
Padded Season. Aggravating the writers' plight are two recent develop ments: the cutback in network prime-time shows, which reduces the demand for scripts, and the growth of 90-minute or two-hour programs that often employ only one writer, instead of several for four half-hour shows. Most depressing, for viewers as well as writers, is the pathetically truncated, rerun-padded season. The networks now routinely air only 22 original shows, instead of 36 as in earlier years. The shortened sea son has meant that nearly one-third fewer scripts are needed...
...directed by Congress, the National Cancer Institute has spent more than a year preparing its project for submission to the President. The resulting five-year National Cancer Plan, produced through the efforts of 250 scientists, has as its objective to "develop the means to reduce the incidence, morbidity and mortality of cancer in humans." It calls for the expenditure of $426 million this year and $500 million next year-at a time when funds for other areas of medical research are being sharply curtailed...