Word: seene
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would solve inflation and other economic problems. He does charge that Carter has not been pushing his policies aggressively enough. Says Kennedy: "I believe those economists who say that psychology contributes at least 50% to the state of the economy. This economy has been managed erratically. Problems weren't seen ahead of time." For instance, he says, he would have established wage and price guidelines earlier than Carter and backed them with strong pressure from the White House. Kennedy is more inclined than Carter to propose a tax cut early next year to stimulate the economy...
...Mozart piano concerto and read Peter and the Wolf with the Boston Symphony. Says one Bostonian who knows her well: "There isn't anyone wanner or dearer, when she's feeling good." But public life has not been kind to Joan Kennedy. Its wounds can be seen in the puffy eyes, the exaggerated makeup, the tales of alcoholism. Today she is a sadly vulnerable soul and an unknown factor in her husband's electoral equation...
...nation has seen attempts by some politicians, such as Michael Dukakis or Jerry Brown, to pioneer a new politics by combining liberal positions on moral or social issues with fiscal conservatism. Kucinich does the reverse. Believing "economic democracy is a precondition to political democracy," he emphasizes declining public services, unjust taxes, corporate power and other economic issues while soft-pedaling social concerns unpopular with his white ethnic constituents. Kucinich claims public housing is unwelcome in both black and white neighborhoods, and he says busing leads to white flight and resegregation...
...wooden level of the screenplay. Why did Jill Clayburgh ever attempt this part? As Erica Benton she was delightful. As a high-powered diva, she's positively grotesque. Those station-wagonned suburban looks don't help and that fabulously skinny body certainly doesn't look appropriate. Who has ever seen or heard an anorexic Joan Sutherland or Beverly Sills? Clayburgh careens about the screen, wildly overacting. Trying so damn hard, Clayburgh becomes positively painful to watch. Matthew Barry reveals some vestiges of talent but when delivering lines like "I must go; she awaits me", it's virtually impossible to appear...
...been a nice night, with quite a few visitors--I've seen a lot of strange things," she reported, as she handed home-baked cookies to visitors...