Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Economist Arthur Burns, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, counseled Congress to enact a law requiring a balanced budget "and then, if it works well, take the constitutional route." Another conservative, Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, "with great reluctance" conceded that some form of amendment is "the only way in which we can permanently curb [deficit spending...
...there is a price for increased American involvement. By signing a memorandum promising some form of support for Israel if the treaty's terms are violated, for example, Washington has guaranteed that it will be deeply immersed in the controversies that most certainly would accompany allegations of cheating. Another price is the billions for aid to Egypt and Israel. Says a Senate Foreign Relations Committee aide: "There's a very basic feeling that this is a worthwhile investment for peace, but that can easily change. We are only at the beginning of what promises to be a long...
Anticipating victory over Amin, Ugandan exiles from around the world met last week in Tanzania to form a provisional government. Conspicuously absent was former President Milton Obote, who had been overthrown by Big Daddy in 1971. Never a particularly popular leader, Obote had alienated many of his countrymen with his authoritarian manner and socialist rhetoric, and particularly with his ruthless efforts to crush Uganda's ancient tribal kingdoms in the interests of national unity...
...only hope the events at Three Mile Island will lead those who form energy policy to become more receptive to intermediate conservation measures, and less bound to an approach that promises results only at high human and economic costs...
Mere parody, though, can never be satisfying. When, in Mann's phrase, "Art becomes critique," the self-consciousness of parody can be crippling and destructive. Perhaps the goal should be to combine a parodic sense with an underlying faith in the essential form and a dose of the new and vital. The Sex Pistols achieve this delicate balance on side two in their reclamation of "Johnny B. Goode" and Boston local Jonathan Richman's "Road Runner." Sure to be a legend of rock and roll, this track alone justifies the rather extravagant price which decorates the album jacket. Opening with...