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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another factor in the political squabbling was the fact that France is being battered economically. Inflation during the second half of 1976 is projected at 12%-one of the highest rates in Europe. The value of the franc dipped from 4.4 to the dollar to 4.6, and once even plummeted to 5. All the while, Giscard maintained an aloof indifference that his critics saw as inertia...
...through tennis dresses to maternity clothes for tennis-playing moms-to-be?along with some advice from doctors on why it is safe to play while pregnant. Also available are cute court togs for the baby ("the little lobber"). Tennis, in short, has become a billon-dollar-a-year business...
...dollar terms, the renewed energy binge will be costly. The bill for oil imports will rise from last year's $27 billion to $35 billion this year. The U.S. economy will pay for this increase partly in a transfer of assets to OPEC countries and partly in a loss of some of its consumer spending power needed to continue the recovery (see following story...
...Jarreau: Glow (Reprise). Jarreau is primarily a jazz singer with a scatman's vast repertory of swoops, glides and vocal glissandi. In concerts he adds his own million-dollar magic trick: he carries a band in his larynx - or so it seems when Jarreau fills in the melody with vocal imitations of instruments. He can even accompany himself, crooning the words of a sleepy ballad while making rhythmic clicks deep in his throat to provide a percussive counterpoint. Jarreau's vocal antics on this LP are confined to a guitar (Fire and Rain), flute (Glow) and bass (Hold...
...Million Dollar Man has been so fruitful during its first three years on ABC that it is replacing All In The Family as the busiest spin-off nursery. The Bionic Woman came first, after lovely Lindsay Wagner made some guest appearances on the parent show. Wagner bounded into the ABC schedule with her own program to share the Top Ten ratings...