Word: dusts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unfortunately, the anti-inflationary policy has got off to a stumbling start. In the first regulatory battle, over a proposal by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to lower the level of cotton dust in mills?a proposal Carter's economic advisers considered too costly?the President gave in to the regulators. The Administration has won a few mostly symbolic pledges from some steel, aluminum-and automakers to limit price rises and executive salary increases. More dangerously, labor has refused to promise wage restraint. Meany calls Bosworth, a prune pleader for a wage hold-down, "that skinny redheaded...
...real gold dust is not in the oldies but in fusion, which is essentially watered-down jazz, with simpler chords and harmonies, traces of rhythm-and-blues and Latin music, and rock's heavy electronic sound and beat. Miles Davis, 52, who created the "cool" bop sound back in the late '40s, with its relaxed delivery and complex harmonies, also fashioned the first fusion in 1970 with his revolutionary Bitches Brew album. It retained jazz soloing but incorporated electric bass and guitar and a Rhodes electric piano. The result sounded mellow, upbeat and had a heavier rhythm than...
...museums run by a slightly eccentric curator. The crucial point, however, is that Cooder's albums are filled not only with respect for the American musical past but also with an immediate and highly infectious joy. The songs on Jazz may be old, but Cooder really blows the dust off them...
...evening escapism Boston's most famous disco is Boston Boston (run by the same folks who run New York, New York, of course), which features all the loud, canned music and lavender-scented purple dust you could want. Of course, you've got to be dressed "properly" to hit Boston, Boston, and the admission price of $6.50 last time we checked. The bar is outrageously expensive, so you might want to check out some less flashy places...like King's Row in Boston--get off the subway at Kenmore Square at the same stop as Fenway Park. Now, King...
...supported OSHA's rejection of those masks, but he gave the textile industry four years to put in expensive ventilation and dust-control systems to comply with OSHA's super-stringent standards...