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Carter will now seek a tax reduction of roughly the $19.4 billion that Democratic congressional leaders have been telling him the House and Senate will pass. Further, he wants the cut to take effect on Jan. 1, 1979, three months later than he originally proposed. As a result, according to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cutting the Cut | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

Like Pope Paul's unprecedented "I beg you on my knees" personal message the week before, Waldheim's appeal on prime-time television gave the Red Brigades a measure of the political recognition they seemed to crave. But it appeared to have no direct effect. Pleas from Moro...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Moro Tragedy Goes On | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

In court, when the charges were read to the three defendants, Gray defiantly shouted his answer: "Not guilty!" The other two entered similar pleas. They were all released on their own recognizance-a trial is not expected before fall-but they had to undergo the embarrassment of being mugged and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Discord and Disturbance at the FBI | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

To attract attention to their plight, contingents of angry farmers went to Washington. They drove tractors up and down Pennsylvania Avenue. They set loose chickens and goats on Capitol Hill. They lobbied in the Capitol's halls, scaring a few citified Congressmen with their passionate pleas for federal aid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Farm Bill Fizzle | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

Carter's plans could scarcely be called either a drastic or a comprehensive program. Cartoonists already are comparing Carter's anti-inflation approach to Gerald Ford's ineffective WIN (for Whip Inflation Now) program - an overly ballyhooed melange of tax recommendations and pleas for restraint in buying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Carter Takes On Inf lation-At Last | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

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