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Much like the U.S., Britain is struggling with what the English call "stagflation": a stagnant economy accompanied by unacceptable rates of unemployment and inflation. Prime Minister Heath's Conservative government had hoped that the economy would recover without major government intervention. Last week, with the slump continuing, the Tories abruptly and courageously switched policies...
...unseen, uncounted but dangerous organisms that sometimes lurk in polluted water include the viruses that may cause conjunctivitis, laryngitis, sinusitis and hepatitis. They can also include the even more threatening bacteria that cause typhoid, cholera and leptospirosis, a sometimes serious infection carried by animal urine into streams, lakes and stagnant water. Indeed, small rural ponds can create a special hazard for swimmers. Without an adequate water flow to wash away debris, they may become breeding grounds for a heavy concentration of pathological organisms...
...decade before World War II, liberal Protestant theology in the U.S. had become a stagnant residue of the social gospel. There was an uncritical assumption that the sins of society would be inevitably overcome with education and religious good will; the concept of individual sin was formally acknowledged but widely ignored as a potentially meaningful element in normal life...
...against Dunlop's, and the manufacturer gave in within 24 hours. The government quickly pushed an anti-price-fixing bill through Parliament, but it was obvious to Australians that the real victor was the outspoken Hawke. "Bob Hawke has thrown a large stone into the middle of a stagnant pond," said a Melbourne businessman. A carpenter in Sydney put it more earthily: " Hawke's certainly a stirrer...
Petri's portrait of Authority remains just that: the poetic evocation of images from murky psychic depths and from a conception of the authoritarian mentality as an autonomous entity. It remains stagnant, detached from the dynamic politico-economic context that created it. This is not to say, however, that Volonte is "unconvincing" in the realistic portrayal of an individual pig-figure. His characterization is in fact masterful in embodying the all-important humanist absolute, Ambiguity, as he transforms the cop smoothly, almost imperceptibly-within single shots-from an archetypal tyrant to a snivelling child. It is the very wholeness...