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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...skirmishing has tended to obscure the effective work being done by the CBO. Says Karen Williams, the Senate Budget Committee's chief counsel: "Before the CBO, we just did not have the figures to work with. Now CBO studies on defense issues have allowed us to take a really good look at costs. The same goes for proposed food-stamp and Social Security reform." In short, the information supplied by the CBO holds down spending because it forces ordinarily open-wallet Congressmen to face up to deficits. Majority Leader James Wright of Texas was particularly incensed a few months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICY: Everyone's Wild Over Alice | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

Americans' first-naming can have an expansive Jacksonian charm, suggesting some of the better American traits: a lack of social rigidity, an easy frankness. But after a while, the entire country begins to sound like a singles weekend: "Jane, this is Steve, Jack, Karen, Benny ..." Such relentless familiarity has a cheap ring. Americans do not need a Japanese system of honorifics, but they could stand to be a little stuffier. Just as there are still- possibly- some things that are not done on the first date, so first names should be held in reserve, for at least half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: A Nation Without Last Names | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...Karen M. Fischer, a member of that committee, said yesterday the group is "still getting reports in from all our areas" to determine if it has grounds for a legal challenge. The committee will decide on the matter next week, she said...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Medical Area Workers Vote Down District 65 | 7/1/1977 | See Source »

...amenable to racing tactics. His scanty schedule contrasts with Majestic Prince, who in 1969 also came to the Belmont unbeaten, but was a raced-out, exhausted horse. In a punishing run with Arts and Letters, Majestic Prince placed second; sore-legged and spent, he never raced again. Turner, Owners Karen and Mickey Taylor, and Veterinarian Jim and Sally Hill determined that the same fate would not befall Seattle Slew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Seattle Slew Gallops to a Coronation | 6/20/1977 | See Source »

...weeks ago, 78-year-old Dr. Paul Spangler completed the 7.6-mile Bay-to-Breakers race in San Francisco in the respectable time of 60:14. (Twenty-five-year-old John Holewinski collapsed during the race and died shortly afterward; and 30-year-old Pro Tennis Player Karen Krantzcke died this year after jogging. Such deaths are rare, but exercise experts strongly recommend physical exams for beginning joggers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Ready, Set ...Sweat! | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

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