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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good news strengthens the hand of Feldstein's chief rival for the President's ear on economic matters, Treasury Secretary Donald Regan. "The President thinks Don Regan's advice is better. Don not only tells the President what he likes to hear, but it turns out he was right," says an aide. What Regan tells Reagan is that the President can cut taxes, increase military spending and still have a sustained economic recovery. Regan won a round earlier this year when Feldstein drastically underestimated the strength of the recovery, earning himself the nickname "Dr. Gloom." More recently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dr. Gloom vs. the Good-Time Guys | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

Subdued hope is the most ebullient of Robison's emotional promises, but her restrained wit and craftsman's ear for dialogue make An Amateur's Guide to the Night a quiet treat. It doen't light up new arenas of expression, but it does help establish her as a master of the minister and a portraitist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Night Travels | 11/30/1983 | See Source »

...goal, one-assist performance from Fusco in the 11-2 rout of the Crimson squad only brought an ear-to-ear smile to Cleary's face. The stellar defensive play of Mark Fusco helped put Cleary on Cloud Nine...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Coming Home | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

That is why Dorothy's response is so unconsciously acute. She instinctively understands that what is developing around her is a tragedy of manners; Snider has read the bottom line shrewdly, but he has a blind eye and a tin ear for the social pieties, even the dress code, by which naked need and manipulative greed must be clothed for the sake of the respectability he desperately desires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Centerfold Tragedy of Manners | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...resume to attract and hold a woman deserves whomever he gets. Institutions like Harvard abound with individuals who are capable of analyzing government and literature, or diagnosing the ills of an entire marketplace. While being unable to read the underlying emotions of the person with whom they ear, sleep, and talk on a regular basis. A man afflicted with an intellect which comes to life only for academic or professional audiences, while personal subtleties glide past, is telling women that his real concern lies in being seen, understood, and accepted--not in seeing, understanding, and accepting. A woman who enjoys...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: A Post-Feminist Letter to Men | 11/10/1983 | See Source »

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