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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...McCarthy called "the top Soviet espionage agent in the United States." Youngdahl threw out several Government indictments against Lattimore, refused to withdraw from the case when a U.S. Attorney accused him of prejudice. Seethed Youngdahl: "Under my oath to preserve sacred constitutional principles, I can properly do no less than to strike the [Government] affidavit as scandalous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 3, 1978 | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

Even Cooder's fans may be caught off guard by the direction of Jazz, an unexpected anthology of tunes from Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, even the great Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence. As the surprise wears off, though, and the rhythms become less remote, they will hear some of the loveliest, liveliest music in the air. Cooder, with band, gospel quartet and full orchestra, last week performed virtually the entire album at Carnegie Hall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sweet Airs | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...before being used, and each handcrafted mechanism takes over a year to complete. The keys are ivory, a nearly extinct luxury; the bushings - the tiny linings of the piano's moving parts- are still made of felt. (Steinway, by contrast, has switched to Teflon bushings, which require much less time to insert and glue, but can squeak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cartier of the Keyboards | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...enlist labor in the battle against inflation, the Administration must fight much harder and more effectively on the other fronts than it has so far. There is a hollow ring to calls for businessmen and workers to settle for less so long as the Government keeps pumping up inflation through its unchecked spending. Next year's federal budget deficit, which is now projected to top $50 billion, is at least an improvement on the $60.6 billion that Carter had originally proposed in January, but it is still far too large for an economy in the fourth year of expansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bad News from Big Labor | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...Kinder-Care had revenues last year of $12.8 million, up 41% from the year before. Earnings have grown for seven straight years, to $745,180 in 1977; for the first nine months of this fiscal year they were up 65%. Kinder-Care stock, first offered in 1972, jumped from less than $1 in 1976 to $29 last week before a two-for-one split Friday. It has made a million dollars for each of 14 ground-floor investors from Montgomery; Mendel alone has stock profits of more than $5 million. Says Montgomery Investment Banker Nimrod Frazer, whose holdings are worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Making Millions by Baby-Sitting | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

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