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...strongest roles, Redgrave dispalys a daft, heroic sanctity. Here she is to wear the sensible shoes of a Jo Woodward type. She won't fit; her talent is too big. So, at the start of this two-hour drama, Redgrave and the viewer strain and squint to miniaturize her legend into the everyday character of Leenie Cabrezi. It is an act of self-denial: she must lower the pilot light of her unique intensity and convince through an effort of will and craft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Prime Time | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

Their lunch, with the usual guests, ordinarily costs $100, including tip Who pays for this lunch? Once a week Arden says. "I'll get the bill." Once a week Jo says, "I'll pick up the tab, it's on me." But who actually pays for their lunch? Arden's real estate firm? Jo's bank? The prospective buyer or hefty depositor...

Author: By M. CHARLES Mason, | Title: No More Free Lunches | 3/18/1982 | See Source »

...Jo and Arden greet each other with smiles, order lunch from the clean, bright mean, chat about high interest rates on mortgages, blame the federal deficit and government spending in the red talk about the last and upcoming weekend, eat, and depart with a pleasant handshake saying "thank...

Author: By M. CHARLES Mason, | Title: No More Free Lunches | 3/18/1982 | See Source »

...recipient because it increases not only the recipient's life style but also income. This reported income taxed, could help the President balance the budget. That could hold down government borrowing to make up for the deficit, which could lower the interest rate to taken down each time Jo buys Arden's lunch Even if it causes some additional paperwork, any cost benefit analysis would support such a reasonable tax policy...

Author: By M. CHARLES Mason, | Title: No More Free Lunches | 3/18/1982 | See Source »

Arden and Jo might think twice about trading lunches at company expense if it will show up on their taxable income. But it would be fair beneficial to reducing the federal deficit, and helpful to the administration in getting the government out of the free lunch business and on to the economic recovery of our nation, and its real concern of encouraging capital goods, formation. When Jo's bank doesn't pay out as touch of its money for free lunches to its agents or wealthy depositors, it will have more cash to loan businesses and individuals the money...

Author: By M. CHARLES Mason, | Title: No More Free Lunches | 3/18/1982 | See Source »

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