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...that projected a $61 billion deficit, even though the country was entering the fourth year of .economic recovery. Carter might have recognized that this would be grossly inflationary-and that leaders of business and labor would post higher prices and press for steeper wages just to keep up. Robert Strauss, who was Carter's anti-inflation czar until last week, strong-armed coal mine operators last March to accept a highly inflationary contract (39% increases over three years). Carter might have recognized what would happen: every other union leader, just to prove his manhood and keep his job, would...
Despite these distractions, businessmen find tune for many formal talks and weighty pronouncements. At various closed-door working sessions this time, members debated policy with Federal Reserve Chairman William Miller, Budget Director James Mclntyre, Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps, Presidential Trade-and-Inflation Aide Robert Strauss, CIA Chief Stansfield Turner and Economist Alan Greenspan...
...Boston Symphony Orchestra, under guest conductor Andrew Davis, performs two American works and a Strauss tone-poem tonight, tomorrow, Saturday and Tuesday at Symphony Hall. Davis, Music Director of the Toronto Symphony, will conduct the scherzo "Over the Pavements" by Charles Ives, "Before the Butterfly" by Morton Subotnick and "Ein Heldenleben" by Richard Strauss. The concerts are at 8 pm except for tomorrow's, which...
Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Andrew Davis conducts Ives, Subotnick and Strauss. At Symphony Hall, Boston, at 8 p.m. For tickets and info., call...
Overall, Alice is a bit long, too loud here and there, and a touch gimmicky: the stage bulges with strange percussive instruments used for special effects. The large orchestra, which includes brasses fit for Mahler or Richard Strauss, sometimes sounds like an elephant loose at a Victorian tea party. The trombones, trumpets and horns often drown out Hendricks, even though her voice is amplified. Still, Del Tredici has a winning ear. The eerie whoosh of a theremin, a primitive electronic instrument, signals Alice's alarming growth. Tempos slow down and shoot forward, keys slip in and out of place...