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Toward the end of the century, as the Navajos' culture became increasingly dominated by that of the white man, the quality and originality of their blankets inexorably declined. The weaving became looser, the patterns standardized. More and more, blankets were produced solely for sale-often woven to order for merchants who specified the designs that were most in demand among their Eastern customers. Since whites had little interest in wearing blankets, the Navajos began to turn out living-room carpets and even pillow cases. Eventually, the trade in what had once been works of art became so commercialized that...
Last summer, according to one estimate, Americans were so strapped that one out of every four chose to forgo a vacation altogether. Now, for all the corrosions of inflation, food prices and property taxes, money seems a bit looser. Some major economic indicators are up again-the second-quarter gross national product registered the best three-month gain in six years. As the squeeze lessened, airlines were reporting new records of passenger travel. The highways glistened with a tidal flow of Americans getting away; truck drivers complained that the roads were glutted with campers. State parks and national forests were...
...niggardly in buying newspaper ads and in plugging the show on its own air time. In addition, Cavett has worked to line up stronger guests-notably Jack Paar in two refreshing 90-minute appearances and Alfred Hitchcock in another-and he himself seems to have gained in confidence, becoming looser and brighter. Says Cavett: "There's a consciousness that every minute has to count and that every utterance is under scrutiny...
...group. Two weeks ago at Jack's, he was joined by Bonnie Raitt on guitar and vocals, an unidentified conga player, and innumerable walk-on harpists and pianists. No one seemed to mind the rough edges to the music produced by this informality; in truth, the drunker and looser the Montgomery band gets, the better the show becomes for all concerned...
Third, the Government will likely continue some form of surveillance over wages and prices. In his economic report to Congress two weeks ago, President Nixon implied that controls will remain at least until the end of this year and perhaps longer. Beyond that, the U.S. will probably have some looser form of Government wage-and-price supervision more or less indefinitely. At his farewell press conference in December, Paul McCracken, the President's outgoing Chief Economic Adviser, said that the Government may have to take steps to moderate prices "for a long time to come, even after Phase...