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Meanwhile the state agencies like the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the Department of Public Utilities, the Office of Environmental Affairs, etc., who are paid by our taxes, have either helped Harvard's advance or have turned a deal ear to our concerns...
Festivities open tonight at 8 with a dance--music provided by two live bands who play nothing but Beatles tunes. Tomorrow there's an auction of all the T-shirts, buttons, posters, etc., that Pope's been collecting, followed in the afternoon by a series of guest speakers. You can hear author-photographer Jurgen Vollmer reminisce about the days when the Beatles were Teddy Boys in Germany, or listen to Richard DiLello talk about what it was like to be an office boy at Apple, Ltd. And if that's not enough, you can feast your eyes and ears...
...clearly hyperbolic. Corporate power is checked by what Galbraith himself in 1952 described as the "countervailing power" of unions, Government and rival big corporations. It is also checked by the trustbusters and, more important, the customers. Even in industries dominated by a few big companies (autos, oil, steel, computers, etc.), those firms compete fiercely for market shares. Advertising has failed to sell products as varied as the Edsel and maxiskirts. Strong consumer resistance can occasionally force price reductions, as the recent auto rebates proved anew. "When even the auto companies are cutting prices," cracks Okun, "then you know that capitalism...
...year when women are trying valiantly to assert themselves as intelligent leaders of society, political thinkers, educational reformers, etc., I find it disheartening to discover once more a TIME cover depicting the beautifully brainless. Why don't you put Miss America on your next cover and install Bert Parks on your board of directors? Okeydoke, artichoke...
...best advice to children on "How to Help Our Parents" [June 9] might well be the same those children gave when their parents wondered what to give them for birthday/Christmas/ graduation, etc.: SEND MONEY...