Word: steins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Alas, it was too good to be true. The September fall in wholesale prices canceled only part of the index's explosive 6.2% rise in August. Administration spokesmen quickly warned consumers not to expect a sudden downturn in store prices; indeed, Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, bluntly predicted a continued "fairly rapid rise in retail food prices" in the next six months. Industrial prices, which most economists regard as a better gauge of basic inflationary trends than mercurial farm prices, rose a substantial .7%. Even if the rise in living costs tapers off somewhat...
...what Nixon wryly described as "rather, shall we say, outspoken" views. Fellner's views are, in fact, not all that unusual. His daring in voicing them out loud assuredly is-and it promises some lively times on the CEA, especially if, as rumored, Fellner eventually succeeds Herbert Stein as head of the council...
...writes Hannah Tillich, now 77, second wife of Paul Tillich, who died in 1965 properly honored as one of the century's great theologians. Hannah's reminiscences of Tillich are being published this week in a curious book called From Time to Time (Stein & Day; $7.95). The memoir barely mentions the theologian's pioneering work in existential theology. Instead, interspersed with third-rate poetry and erotic fantasy, it hovers between bitterness and love for a husband whose passion for life seemed to express itself often in the courtship of other women...
...self-portrait is shadowy. She likes her tough side, noting that a friend once said, "I've always liked your anger, trusted it." From girlhood, Hellman went for the impulsive gesture, skipping school to trail shady relatives around New Orleans, insulting proper ones. The writing often recalls Gertrude Stein's stonier prose - obdurate, flat and mannered. Hellman is a virtuoso of ellipsis, a quality that doubtless served her well as a dramatist. In Pentimento she seems to take pride in leaving out connectives, or capping a half-told tale with a brief coda, unrelated except for the faintest...
...really like those others: she is acting like them. "I just try to have a good time and let the audience in on the secret," she says. "It's like giving a party and I am the Grande Hostesse. I always wanted to be Gertrude Stein and have a salon...