Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...main concern, of course, will be the U.S. economy. Another of its problems will be containing the inflation that might result from faster growth. Most members of the Board of Economists think that the danger of inflation comes largely from momentum: labor has become used to wage increases that reflect productivity improvements and rises in the cost of living, and businessmen want to pass along all cost increases to consumers...
...campaign and kept up a running feud that badly damaged L.D.P. prospects. One possible compromise choice is Finance Minister Masayoshi Ohira. Miki is genuinely convinced that radical reforms are needed to refurbish the L.D.P.'s image. His diagnosis: "The party caused its own defeat because we failed to reflect deeply on our past mistakes...
...businessmen's plan was drawn up by GE's Jones for an earlier session of the Conference Board, a private research group. Many of its elements reflect conservative business thinking. Like the Carter transition staffs program, the Jones plan calls for $15 billion in tax cuts for individuals-but Jones would make them permanent, not temporary. That would tend to limit the size of the Federal Government in the future, by reducing the revenues available to start new social programs. To boost investment in new plant and equipment, the Jones plan also specifies an increase in the investment...
Above all, Vance is anxious that U.S. policy reflect his deep concern for human rights around the world. These principles, he said, "should permeate our foreign-policy thinking." He is not unaware of the practical necessities of dealing with dictatorships or of guarding U.S. security. But he argues that the task ahead for the U.S. is to strike a proper balance. Said he: "We have got to be hardheaded, yet sensitive...
...COLUMBIAN ART OF SOUTH AMERICA by Alan Lapiner. 460 pages. Abrams. $50. The pottery, statuary, textiles and metalwork of the ancient Americas are no longer considered mere artifacts of forgotten peoples but art forms that reflect the sophistication of complex civilization. The late Alan Lapiner chose to illustrate his book with outstanding examples of ritual tomb furnishings and gold and silver mummy ornaments from Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil. The result is a trove for collectors and browsers alike...