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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...course, Lindbergh is more an item of receding Americana than a hero who engages the popular imagination. Yet the impulse that he represented - exploration and adventure, pressing toward new physical and psychic limits - remains lively in many different areas: in space, in the depths of the oceans, in the mysteries of spiritual phenomena...
There was one ominous item in Carter's news: U.S. wholesale prices in April rose at an annual rate of 14%, the third straight month of double-digit figures. That trend could be aggravated by rising steel costs, as two producers, Republic and Youngstown, raised prices 6.8% to 8.8% on many products. Otherwise, all signals were go. Unemployment dropped to 7% in April; that is the lowest figure in 29 months. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal estimates that U.S. GNP will rise 7% in the second quarter, v. 5.2% in the first. U.S. auto sales in April climbed 12.5% above...
Critics claim Garguilo has been extremely political in her job, citing the time she opposed White's self-serving charter reform package, an item which falls under her broad legal mandate but not within the general public's perception of her duties. Nobody accuses Garguilo of specifically favoring or hounding anyone; it is more an "us" against "her" situation. However, the finance commission operates in a city with few ethical norms in its politics, and to expect it to function without being political is like Sen. Edward R. Brooke (R-Mass.) exploited their position to gain higher office...
...next item on the program at the New York opening provided some immediate comment on The Firebird. It was Grand Pas Classique, a showpiece that mocks technical virtuosity while flaunting it. Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones were in dazzling form, and the crowd cheered them on as if it too had been let out of a haunted forest. In ballet, at least, there are apparently limits to museumship...
Leverett, Kirkland, Currier and Quincy Houses and the Union will offer full breakfasts next year, but the other Houses will offer only a continental breakfast consisting of cold cereal, toast, muffins or another sweet item and beverages, although these dining halls will extend their current hours...