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...most fateful expansion occurred in 1972, when Congress raised retirement benefits 20% and decreed that beginning in 1975 benefits should be automatic and linked to increases in the Consumer Price Index. The C.P.I, proceeded to soar far higher than anyone expected. Furthermore, it badly overstates the living costs of the elderly; it is heavily influenced by housing prices, though few retired people buy houses. The maximum Social Security tax has risen from 1% of the first $3,000 of earnings, or $30, in 1935 to 6.65% of the first $29,700, or $1,975 currently. Even that increase has been...
Whatever the perils of shrink or droop, they show no effect on sales. Manufacturer Kimmel figured he would do about $2 million this year in retail business. But Kamali already has grossed more than $10 million in the U.S. and eight other countries. Next year, sales could soar to $24 million. Variety may be one of the answers. No longer just humble gray, the sweats now come in stripes and seven colors. There are short cheerleader-type rah-rah dresses and skirts, harem pants, saucy knickers, long bomber jackets, and oversized sweatshirts to be worn over tights as minidresses...
...continuous celebration: milling on the promenades, perching on the bulkheads, dangling feet in the drink, flirting on the benches, lounging in the outdoor cafés, ogling, jogging, strolling, munching, sipping, savoring the sounds and sweet airs. In their midst, jugglers hurl batons, mimes mime, clowns pratfall and dancers soar. At one time or another, the sounds of jazz, Mozart, marching bands, rock, Rodgers, Bach, bagpipes and bouzouki fill the air. The air is filled, too, with the fragrances of fresh-baked bread, cheeses, chocolate, roasting coffee beans, crepes, French fries, fruit, sausage, seafood, soul food, souvlaki, spices and herbs...
...produce a pilot series for television, but he is wary of gimmicks. "We won't have an enactment," he promises. The rules of the game are clearly understood. No antic chorus, no laugh track-not even an introduction by Alistair Cooke-can really make Parents' eagle soar. Parents sums up the ancient contract: "A live person is looking at you and telling a story. That's a pretty arresting thing." Outside, the late afternoon shadows are beginning to lengthen...