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...Give You None," were nothing more than the transposition of his tormented personal life into his music. He began to solve those problems with Moondance, and finally dismissed them altogether for the connubial bliss of Tupelo Honey. In light of all that, Saint Dominic's Preview doesn't portend well...
...Nixon Administration has remained wary of Allende. But last week it became known that Washington is planning a shift that could portend a more relaxed attitude toward the Allende regime. U.S. Ambassador Edward Korry, who Allende felt had opposed him in last year's campaign, will soon be replaced by Nathaniel Davis, 46, a cool-headed career man currently serving as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala. Though delicate, Davis' new assignment hardly compares with his last one. He went to Guatemala after his predecessor, John Gordon Mein, was gunned down by terrorist killers in the streets of Guatemala City...
...Chronicle's prediction, two pictures of Stalin last week appeared in a photo exhibit of Soviet history in Moscow. Since the Kremlin's attitude toward Stalin often has been a barometer of the government's willingness to repress dissenters, rehabilitation of the defamed dictator would portend an even bleaker era for the readers of the Chronicle...
...with the problem. Drugs have become so painful an issue between parents and their children that when Mr. and Mrs. Jones discover that a child of theirs is turned-on or freaked-out, they may find themselves, dazed and uncomprehending, turning him over to the police. Pop drugs hardly portend anything as drastic as a new and debauched American spirit, as some alarmists believe. But drug use does reflect some little-recognized shifts in adult American values as well as the persistent unwillingness of youth to accept the straight world. The mounting research on drugs permits some new perspectives...
...cash in circulation plus demand deposits in commercial banks, has grown since the end of 1968 at a 1.5% annual rate, or 1% for the year so far. Under the prevailing theory that money supply controls economic growth, and ultimately price levels, that would seem gradual enough to portend a slowdown soon in the pace of inflation...