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The signs of Laos' new, softer version of socialism are everywhere. In the capital city of Vientiane (pop. 115,000), the organs of state power are evident enough, but their presence seems muted by crenellated temple roofs and reinvigorated marketplaces. In contrast to the oppressive presence of Communism in...
The color prophesies of CAUS and other organizations have a demonstrable effect. After studying the 1983-84 forecast, which predicted the increased popularity of soft, muted greens, Fieldcrest has introduced new shades of green in its line of towels. The auto companies, working with CAUS charts, are hoping that buyers...
Walter Heller, who served as chairman of President Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisers, likes to keep track of the words that his fellow economists and the press use to describe the business outlook. At last count, he had compiled a list of 60 adjectives applied to the emerging...
Muted versions of this idea were born before the Reagan Administration. Kissinger feared that détente, if oversold, might undercut support for defense. He oversold it nonetheless, but the result was more the undercutting of detente itself. Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, noted in his...
Californians might have had some trouble last week judging which of two rehearsals for catastrophe represented the more realistic bit of make-believe. The show staged by the Los Angeles fire department to simulate a downtown earthquake boasted the more vivid special effects: smoke from exploding cars billowing over a...