Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Where Spender is in his element, Love-Hate Relations is a fascinating, highly readable study of considerable depth. There may be times when he oversimplifies for no other reason than the sake of style. As a result, some superficially slick, at first appealing statements turn out, upon closer examination, to hold very little truth. "The Miller of Tropic of Cancer is a Brooklyn Whitman gone to Paris" --on the surface it is an interesting statement; but beyond that, it seems more facetious than true. If Spender falls into this here, it certainly is not the first time; nor does...
...Postal Service a monopoly over delivery of first-class mail, freezing out potentially more efficient private competitors; gradually free airlines to experiment with lower fares for special classes of passengers; deregulate natural gas prices; move to eliminate antiquated Interstate Commerce Commission regulations that have fostered inflexible cartel-style rates and inflated truck and rail shipping charges by an esti mated...
...technocrat who rose through the ranks of the Social Democratic Party, Schmidt, 55, is only five years younger than Willy Brandt, but his brusque, businesslike style has made it seem as if a new generation has taken over in Bonn. Bouncing out of his Rhineside bungalow early each morning, he likes to blast a referee's whistle as he starts across the lawn to the chancellery. The message to his aides: get things moving. To Germans, he is known as a Macher (doer). He has cut out the rambling presentations from ministers that Brandt allowed and lectured them...
Lately some critics have begun to suggest that Giscard's offensive de charme was all style and no substance. There is no question that the real test will come on his ability to deal with the economic crisis. The French are deeply worried about spiraling inflation (currently 16%) and the likely prospect for another round of oil price increases. Last week Giscard announced that France would cut its oil imports by 10% next year; if prices go up, the cuts will be even bigger...
Throughout his election campaign last spring, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing repeatedly said that he hoped to bring a more relaxed style to the French presidency. During an hour-long interview at the Elysée Palace last week with Time Inc. Editor in Chief Hedley Donovan, Chief European Correspondent William Rademaekers and Correspondent George Taber, Giscard seemed to be fulfilling his campaign promise. He leaned back comfortably on a silk-covered sofa in his elegant Louis XVI-style office and spoke freely on matters of both style and substance. Excerpts...