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...changed atmosphere will affect the arts as well, which may become ephemeral, instant, faddish and ultimately disposable. There will be a veritable explosion of mixed-media experiments-conceivably to greatest effect in opera. Nudity onstage and on the screen, perhaps even outright pornography, will be taken for granted; the new frontier of shock probably will be violence and cruelty...
...dealing with the reality of inflation and the possibility of recession, Nixon so far has shown a deep reluctance to intervene in the private economy. He has rejected price guidelines, personal pressures on business and labor leaders, and outright controls. His policy coincides with Friedman's fundamental ideology?a strong aversion to Government interference?and places great emphasis on lower federal spending, as well as the monetary measures that Friedman has illuminated and popularized. Manipulation of the money supply operates indirectly on the economy, but its impact is ultimately massive and touches the lives and fortunes of nearly everyone...
...activating the Subcommittee of Six, and the response is instantaneous and effective. When the issues turn on acting to end restrictive hiring practices in construction of its own buildings-the shameful situation which has caused students to violate these rules of procedural "responsibility" -then we see everything from outright lies to constant shifs of position, the latter usually in response to the very pressures for which black students are now being punished...
Students claim that there have been instances in which employers have either asked students outright for their grades or have hesitated to hire students who do not reveal their grades...
...polysyllabic evaluation of their performance is quite beyond me, I was able to notice that tempos seemed quite spirited, the audience seemed quite appreciative, and the female timpanist was quite lovely. Dic Fledermans (in English) runs over three hours, what with everyone singing away instead of just saving things outright but no one-singers, musicians, or audience-appears to tire along...