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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...complicate the Federal Reserve's problem, it is becoming even tougher to make major policy decisions on the basis of money growth figures. Officially, the nation's money supply has not grown since October, and in the past three months, M-l (currency plus checking accounts) actually declined 1.5%. But Fed insiders believe that the actual stock of money that is available to be spent has been expanding by perhaps 6% to 7%. Reason: there is a proliferation of new financial devices that effectively enlarge the money supply but are not measured by the old standards. One of these innovations...
...public, eventually left the network in despair. Much later, Bill Moyers told Paley that he wanted to quit CBS and return to public broadcasting. Paley asked what it would take to keep him. Moyers said a regular primetime news show, "much like Murrow had." Paley's response: "I'm sorry, Bill, I can't do it any more. The minute is worth too much...
...fool and get laughed at than not dance at all. "I got it all together man / With my very own disco clothes,hey! / My shirts half open, t' show you my chains / 'N a spoon is up my nose." What a dummy. Dance to that refrain! "I'm a dancin...
...similarly vitriolic comment on the subverted chicness of punk, "I'm So Cute" emulates the "beat-it-into-their-heads" method: stupid words, short lines, and screaming repetition. Many of the other songs on this album, although not deliberately mimicking punk, are painfully consistent with this style. And they're boring. Zappa lets his compositions ramble in a way that shames his genius as an arranger. Usually a clever and inventive songwriter, Zappa here contrives disappointingly sparse and uncreative lyrics. Only his provoking cynicism remains...
...Alfred M. Gibbens, director of University development, will leave his post at the beginning of June to become vice president of development at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif...