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...acting is generally good. Jon Finch is strong and appropriately frenzied as the hero (who was a limping, balding, middle-aged fellow in the book); in a character created almost entirely by Schaffer, Alec McCowen scores as the civilized inspector who can't restrain his appetite...
...increased outlays for existing programs and new public demands. To keep federal deficits from becoming too inflationary, a tax increase seems likely. TIME'S Board members foresee a tax raise between mid-1973 and mid-1974, but most of them believe that at present the Government should not restrain spending but expand it. Said Walter Heller: "If there were such a thing as instant fiscal policy, I would still put more stimulus in the economy today-and more restriction later. Given any kind of responsible fiscal policy, there is a tax increase in our future...
...been deprived of attention all his life. Marshall McLuhan has written hopefully of the global village of shared tastes and sympathies that television is creating. But along with the village has come the village idiot, vastly strengthened by technology, torn loose from the mores that used to restrain him. He may not be able to keep up with the Joneses, but he can keep up with the Oswalds...
...President could also take military action to protect American lives and property abroad or to carry out the terms of a treaty or other agreement ratified by Congress. But unless approved by Congress, hostilities would have to end in 30 days. Obviously, such a bill would not completely restrain the President, given his ample resources. But it would bring Congress into the decision-making process as never before...
Only a massive public outcry can restrain Nixon from carrying out his manifest plan. As a student, I can best contribute to such an outcry by participating in the strike. While I think that schools should be basically nonpolitical and strongly condemn disruption of classes, I feel that these are times when students must join together to dramatically express their opinions. I strike not against my university, but for my country. Robert W. Mark