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Lavishly choreographed by Danny Daniels, and at times hilarious, these forays into the protagonists' fantasy lives provide a welcome respite from the general gloom. As director Herbert Ross leads us relentlessly from one depression cliche to another--the deserted prairie highway, the Edward Hopper diner, the seedy hotel room complete with flashing neon sign outside the window and the El rumbling past--the song and dance numbers become an escape, not only for Arthur and Eileen, but for the audience as well. And there's a lot to escape in Pennies from Heaven. For Arthur and Eileen, sexual exploitation, grim...
...very heart of all the gloom, Trow contends, lies America's common loneliness. Around thirty years ago, new methods of alleviating that unhappiness--methods that centered on an emotional quick-fix--surfaced. From the outset their comforts were saccharine, but satisfying, palliatives. For the first time, America was united in common activities, tastes, and beliefs, though no one derived any real benefit at all. Half-mockingly, Trow pinpoints the appearance of the slogan, "I Like Ike," as the moment of change in history...
...became the Reagans' Christmas card this year. That token of good will to men is not a new phenomenon in the federal city, where trouble is the main business. Many Presidents have turned to Christmas festivities with a special fervor, to dispel for a few precious hours the gloom that usually presses in. Back in 1941, when war had come and news of defeat was the daily Washington fare, Franklin Roosevelt brought a guest to the South Portico on Christmas Eve. Winston Churchill looked out over thousands of troubled people who had gathered on the lawn with a special...
...Street's most influential economists, led by Henry Kaufman of Salomon Brothers and Albert Wojnilower of First Boston, warned that Reagan's goals of deep tax cuts, large increases in defense spending and a balanced budget were inconsistent and impossible to achieve. Nicknamed Dr. Doom and Dr. Gloom, Kaufman and Wojnilower foresaw bulging deficits and towering interest rates if Reaganomics were put into practice...
...legislators have until the end of this week, Nov. 20, to appropriate money to keep the Government running, and the President will have to decide whether to veto bills that pierce his budget ceilings. Worse, the decisions will be made in an atmosphere of confusion, worry and even gloom created by the deepening recession that had called the Administration's policy into question even before Stockman sowed further doubts...