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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...short the main appeal of this record is its blend of musical and lyrical avantgardness. The Head strive for a pop sound that is quirky enough to interest an intellectual audience, and Talking Heads: 77 is truly a modernist product to use the old sales pitch: If you liked Waiting for Godot, you'll love this album. But if you are turned off by the idea of troubled monologues, spoken by a "70s Man" surveying the new vacancy, devoid of the anger that animates a punk like Johnny Rotten, then save your bread. "Q'est-ce que c'est Talking...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Punk Without Punks | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

Detente or no detente, the Soviet Union is a formidable antagonist that continues seeking power and influence, or at least the ability to apply pressure, all over the world. Spending a higher percentage of its gross national product on weaponry and troops than the U.S. does, Russia is striving to outstrip American military prowess in many areas. This means that a secret service capable of ferreting out Soviet intentions as well as capabilities is vital to U.S. security. Says Cord Meyer Jr., a much-decorated retired CIA official: "We need a very, very alert advance warning capability, not only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaping Tomorrow's CIA | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

Carter's Executive order on intelligence is intended to restore this balance and confidence. The President said that his reorganization directive was the product of the most extensive and highest-level review ever conducted. Just under a year in the making, the order expresses a rough consensus among the intelligence and defense communities, the White House and Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaping Tomorrow's CIA | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

...students were not allowing us to sell a product to those who wanted to buy it," a Harvard Pro employee who wished to remain anonymous said yesterday...

Author: By Jerome L. Rappaport, | Title: Chavez Ends UFW Boycott Of Lettuce, Grapes and Gallo | 2/2/1978 | See Source »

...Urban Development's first try at a departmental budget and ordered a redraft that knocked out expensive new spending programs. Moreover, Carter pledged that he would try to reduce the role of Government spending in what is now a $2 trillion economy* from about 22% of gross national product next fiscal year to 21% by the time his first term ends in 1981. That is a goal that the most crustily conservative Republican businessman could wholeheartedly endorse, if he happened to believe that the President meant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Trying to Build Confidence | 1/30/1978 | See Source »

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