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Walsh alleged that Califano effectively put the lid on the investigation during a meeting where Champion was also present...
...first night at the Palomar started slow. The band knew the engagement was their chance to hit the big time, and they did not want to spoil it with the crazy beat that sent their Denver audience back to the box office. They kept a lid on at first. The audience sat unimpressed. Then the bandleader tossed aside all caution and the band cut loose with a swinging dance tempo and a set of upbeat numbers like the "King Porter Stomp." The young audience got to their feet and went ape. Kids across the country heard the joyful noise...
...Rebate Lid. Still, Congressmen can think of no other way to pump so much money into the economy so fast. So they came up with the idea of concentrating the rebates among lower-and middle-income people, who would be most likely to spend the money promptly, and denying them to the rich, who might simply put the cash in the bank. Late last week the White House agreed to a plan under which the rebate would be more than $50 for members of families that earn $25,000 or less; $50 in the $25,000-to-$35,000 group...
...that cost-overruns will not decrease their profits. "Cost-plus" is in one sense an inducement essential to getting companies to invest large amounts of capital in a high risk situation, but from another perspective, it removes the pressure on companies that would ordinarily cause them to keep a lid on wage demands and seek the greatest possible worker efficiency. "Cost-plus" guarantees that the consumer will pay the tab, not the company...
...number on Hartz's hair. Since the protean Blanton also works as a barber-and local air traffic controller-Hartz figured one way to conduct an interview with the mayor was under the clippers. When Hartz got back home to New York, his regular hair stylist flipped his lid, condemning the job as "lopsided" and pointing out "there was a big hunk of hair missing on the right side." Joked he: "What would have happened if the interview had taken place in an air control tower?" Getting wind of the comments, Blanton sniffed: "It doesn't bother...