Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Present Shock. That all ended, however, after Reformer Arnold Miller, running on a platform of union democracy, beat Boyle in 1972 and appointed his press secretary, Don Stillman, 29, a Columbia University School of Journalism graduate, to the Journal's editorship. A stocky, plain-spoken journalist with a passion for fair reporting, Stillman rushed the Journal through present shock. He improved the layout, introduced four-color covers, hired a staff photographer whose job included investigative work, and stopped running the magazine as a presidential patsy. "But the No. 1 change," explained Stillman, "is that we place our emphasis...
...stolen view" garden or the traditional cutting of a mortise-and-tenon joint in a cedar beam. Like the rest of that heritage, it is dying. The souvenir shop of the famous Ryoanji temple in Kyoto sells boxes of tiny oblong sugar candies. The boxes are exquisitely plain, made of thin strips of unpainted pine. But touch one with a cigarette and it melts: the pine is, in fact, printed Styrofoam...
...attacks. Her continuous salvos against the Wilson government's proposals for higher tax rates on inherited wealth finally provoked Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey to call her "La Pasionaria of Privilege."* Mrs. Thatcher's rejoinder: "Some Chancellors are macroeconomic, some are fiscal; this one is just plain cheap...
Phoebe Snow (Shelter). "Sometimes these hands get so clumsy that I drop things and people laugh. Sometimes these hands seem so graceful I can see them signin' autographs." Reality and fantasy blend nicely in this graceful, never clumsy debut album. Phoebe's original lyrics are as plain as morning bread, but her alto voice is jazzy. Jazz Notables Teddy Wil son (piano) and Zoot Sims (saxophone) join the diversified goings...
...Smith will be able to eat animal protein every day of the week, if he wants to. Chicken or fish will be available on each of the two meatless days. It is plain the program could represent little real change from the present menu; it is hoped that people will choose to eat less meat on their own initiative, out of concern for the world food situation and their own health...