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...more interested in scoring points than in ascertaining the veracity of his position. Like Galbraith, however, he is impossible to hate because he has a fine sense of humor and an endearing self-love. His writing can be of little use to anybody, except maybe those left wingers who dip into his prose like a box of creamy chocolates any time they need self-assurance...

Author: By Sim Johnston, | Title: The Right The Governor Misseth | 3/27/1971 | See Source »

...dip had a disproportionate impact for several reasons. In the Eisenhower years, when recessions recurred, expectations of continued prosperity never rose too high. But after nearly a decade of rising employment and prosperity, any downturn was bound to be jarring. The vastly increased coverage of economic news made more people aware of the recession, even if it did not affect them directly, than were aware of the deeper, frequent downturns of the 1950s. Much of the political rhetoric of the last decade, moreover-"the new economics," "the Great Society" -bred hopes that the economy could be controlled and that Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cooling Of America: The Uses of Economic Adversity | 2/22/1971 | See Source »

...whole, the show is well balanced, offering its viewpoints of modern man from both a social and a psychological perception of the human struggle. Both artists dip with eloquence into the terrors of man's estrangement from both himself and his fellows. Both reveal the possibility of hope, emphatically stated in the paintings and delicately woven into the sculpture. From two vantage points we are given the impression that we exist, despite the apparent chaos of an inhuman world...

Author: By Bruce E. Johnson, | Title: Exhibitions A Delicate Balance | 2/20/1971 | See Source »

...while they begin to relax-they find out that they can just live and take their time to do things. I spent hours last year just watching an eagle catching air currents by the cliffs out there. It was really remarkable-he'd balance in the air, tilt and dip, and rise again forever without moving his wings...

Author: By William S. Beckett, | Title: Relaxing, Living, Taking Time To Do Things | 12/17/1970 | See Source »

Harvard football coach John Yovicsin may have to dip into his reserve force against Penn Saturday if the Crimson's injury situation does not improve rapidly...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Injuries Plague Crimson Preparations; DeMars Will Start for Steven Harrison | 10/30/1970 | See Source »

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