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Even by 1975, the "national nest egg," as the Administration dubs the prospective leeway for increasing federal outlays, will amount to a mere $22 billion, or 1½% of the nation's total output of goods and services. That is based on the CEA's optimistic prediction that inflation will be brought under control by the end of 1971, with price increases cut to the rate of 1½% a year. After that, the council foresees a resurgence of real economic growth (4.3% a year) and unemployment declining to a moderate 3.8% of the labor force...
...Like Referees. In the book, the Martian established a sort of religious colony called a "family" or "nest"-not unlike the commune that Manson led at a deserted movie-location ranch. Inhabitants of the novel's nest practiced free sexual sharing and group nudity, very much the way life was lived at Manson's ranch. In book and in life, the complete abandonment of personal ego to the all-powerful leader, usually through sexual submissiveness, was essential. The fictional Smith and the real Manson apparently shared a belief in their oneness with God. "Among Martians," Heinlein...
...NEST BUILDER. Perhaps to prove that he is not hopelessly square in the old Dickensian way, Pritchett enters the homosexual scene with a funny story of two interior decorators-funny without sneers or sniggers. It offers neither tea and sympathy nor pot and empathy. Eventually, fox-hunting girl redesigns one decorator...
...head of the English Department introduced Mr. Potter with the remark that he had never understood English humor and sometimes doubted its existence. The professor illustrated his view: He had heard someone telling the old joke about the male robin who, upon finding a brown egg in his nest, inquired of his wife regarding this phenomenon. She replied that she had done it for a lark. The professor remembered having heard the joke retold later by a Briton who told it intact, except for the tag line, which became: "I did it for a sparrow." This, the professor insisted, made...
...name as well as his kind) arrived in the already pet-filled Service household in a coffee can borne by children. He had apparently tumbled out of a nest, later proving, while still an owlet, his general incompetence in such matters by repeatedly walking off the edge of a table. Too little to be abandoned once more to the hazards of the woods, he stayed, ate eagerly and soon learned to fly and hunt. He also solved the family cat and dog problem. Chirring fiercely, he fixed them with a furious yellow stare and threw a hex on them...