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...Francisco last week, modernists and would-be modernists took over the Opera House, heard Stockhausen himself present four of his compositions. Many in the audience applauded respectfully, while a few pulled the plug and walked...
...Overcommitted." How to plug that drain, which is caused by the U.S. balance of payments deficit-has fired increasing debate. Former Treasury Under Secretary Robert Roosa contends that the U.S. is "overcommitted at home and abroad," warns that "rapidly mounting deficits in our foreign accounts could make 1967 a crucial year for the dollar, and even for U.S. leadership in world affairs." Most bankers agree with Roosa that domestic interest rates must be lowered only gradually to protect the U.S. against a perilous outflow of dollars and gold to high-rate Europe...
...problem, since many of Inter-Continental's 10,000 employees in 27 foreign countries had never worn shoes or used a knife and fork until the hotel began training them. Few early guests of the Beirut Phoenicia will forget the experience. Maids burst into occupied guest rooms to plug in vacuums to clean the halls. Water pipes sprang torrential leaks, turning lobby light fixtures into overhead fountains and drenching clothes stowed in bedrooms. Such difficulties were overcome, and Pan Am flew in 900 travel agents from all over Western Europe and the U.S. for a free look...
...fellow could put himself into a way-up tax bracket merely by winning one tournament: the $250,000 Westchester Classic, whose first prize will be $50,000. Or he could try to win them all-in which case his gross would be $1,000,000. Or he could just plug along, enjoying the exercise. If he finished no better than 15th in every tournament, his income would...
...many cases they are more powerful weapons than ever. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring awakened the world to the dangers of the improper uses of insecticides and was a work of high literary quality as well. Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any..Speed was the spark plug that started major safety reforms in the automobile industry. Particularly among the young, paperbacks are used in a direct, intimate way-passages underlined, pages torn out according to need. That was unheard of a couple of generations ago, when books were still relatively scarce and semi-sacred objects...