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...factories freed from the rigid grip of central planning, Zhivkov reported output improved and labor productivity nearly tripled. Partly as a result, Zhivkov was able to promise Bulgarians "TV sets, refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, cars, furniture"-coupled with a shorter work week (down from 46 hours to 44) and a much needed 7% wage increase across the board...
Modern transportation, cheaper power and an auto-borne labor force have largely freed industry from its old need for locations close to mines, markets or seaports. However it strikes consumers Massachusetts' new sales tax is helping the state to win back industry because it holds the promise of lower property taxes. Illinois has taken to needling New York City (see cut). Said one recent ad: "We figure New York will probably have a typhoon next week," and it goes on to say, "Typhoons hardly ever happen north of Pago Pago, but the way your luck has been running...
Boudin's precise renderings rarely filled more than a 25-in. by 32-in. canvas. Once he had thought he would do larger works. In 1859 he wrote in his notebook of feeling "freed somewhat of timidity; I shall try some broad paintings, things on a big scale and more particular in tone." But he never really managed it, and it is probably just as well. Art needs its tiny jewels as well as its grand masters...
...land-an astounding change for a nation so recently rural. Hand in hand with this transformation has been the extraordinary spread of the auto: the U.S. auto population has tripled to 90 million in 20 years, is now growing eight times faster than the human population. Thus freed from dependence on rail transit lines that were laid for another era, Americans have sprawled into the suburban fringes, where they are so dispersed that public transportation is ineffective and housewives become chauffeurs for their children and husbands...
Lutz Hoeppner put the game out of reach two minutes after the second half started. His one-man exhibition of ball control freed him for a well-placed left-footed shot...