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...foreign affairs," and we would "constantly live in fear of embargoes." There would be pressure "to plunder the environment" in a crash program to expand nuclear plants, strip mining and the drilling of offshore wells. Regions within the U.S. would compete with each other for supplies. "Inflation will soar, production will go down, people will lose their jobs...
FRIDAY NIGHT held promise. Two tickets to a Benny Goodman concert awaited me at Symphony Hall, and there were two of us to share them. We were both dressed with style--we were after weekend magic, looking to soar out of the grey world of dormitories and dining halls...
With an older and less adventurous population, demographers predict, there will be less pressure on the nation's congested beaches, lakes, waterways, hiking trails, ski slopes and wilderness areas -while sales of art supplies, mah-jongg, backgammon, books and endless variations of electronic games should soar. The station wagon, the Patton tank of suburbia, may be replaced by smaller cars. The automakers expect to sell more of the handy vans that are already a part of the youth culture as well as more recreational vehicles: motor homes, campers, dune buggies, Jeeps, motorcycles and mopeds. Education may finally get better...
Cash Machines. Such economies are making newspapers so profitable -and thus so desirable as investment properties-that prices will probably continue to soar. Industry analysts concede that $125 million for the Star and Times may sound high, but add that the stodgy, bland and earnest dailies should become immensely profitable under firmer management from Capital Cities; besides, as in most U.S. cities, the papers have no real competition. "It is extremely difficult and expensive to start a new newspaper," says Otis Chandler. "Thus the ones that are in place and going are even more valuable." This is particularly true since...
With every delay costs have risen. Apocalypse may cost as much as $30 million, $10 million more than budgeted. Says Mike Metavoy, production head of United Artists: "Francis is at the edge of a cliff, and he'll either soar like an eagle or drop like a rock...