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...Price Stability. The council, a relic of the free market philosophy of the former Administration, has no power of enforcement and has been less than vigorous in exercising its authority to review wage and price increases. Bosworth, however, would like nothing better than to transform the council into a potent force in the fight against inflation. Says he: "I do think we can do a lot better than we've done in the past...
What a difference color can make. In this lush, slightly feverish Italian drama, the color photography is not merely the medium, it is a potent metaphor. In scene after scene, Cinematographer Ennio Guarnier frames the setting-turn-of-the-century Bologna and Venice-in rich, painterly soft focus, but his colors are so intense that they almost seem to burn the film. Similarly, the leading characters-an eminent if controversial scientist and socialist, his beautiful daughter who is suffocating in a bourgeois marriage, his erratic lawyer-son who is so devoted to his trapped sister that he would kill...
...treatment at all. But when lupus flares up, doctors resort to more powerful weapons. Corticosteroids are commonly used to control inflammations. Skin rashes can be reduced by antimalarial drugs, and even the immune system's rampaging white cells can be brought under control by some of the same potent drugs used against cancer cells...
...Pickens, "legislators said, 'Oh hell, if it doesn't do them any harm and if it gives them any hope, why not let them have it?' " Otherwise, says Arizona State Representative Herb Everett, "we are making criminals out of those who want to use Laetrile." Most potent of all has been the plea that people who are dying from cancer should be free to try even worthless cures. The New York Times agrees, and California Governor Jerry Brown believes that people should be allowed to ingest anything that has not been proved to be harmful...
Nifty Desserts. Versatility is key. Vodka is now the biggest-selling distilled spirit in the U.S., perhaps because it can be mixed with anything from pineapple juice to beef broth and be at once potent and incognito. Heublein's Arrow line of cordials (from 40 to 90 proof) includes vodka flavored with peppermint, cherry and three other flavors. Women looking for nifty desserts are fond of the sweet drinks, such as Boggs cranberry liqueur, because they are good over ice cream, in a mousse or in cakes...