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...control; historically, in such situations, they have declined only after the onset of a recession. In addition, first-quarter earnings reports issued by major corporations last week showed profit increases over a year earlier ranging from 11% for General Electric to 47.5% for International Paper. Such increases will tempt union chiefs to demand outsize pay raises in important negotiations this year. If they win, the economy could suffer both demand-pull and cost-push inflation at the same time−a potent recipe for disaster...
...take off without fully realizing what they are up to. Of all his plays, Henry IV is the least-often produced and the most-often referred to as his masterpiece. This stately revival suggests plenty of reasons for the former condition, few for the latter contention-and may even tempt revaluation of his status in the modern theatrical pantheon...
...giving absolute protection, he said, could impede law-enforcement agencies and would give newsmen privileges "beyond anything enjoyed today by anyone except absolute monarchs." Anyone could get protection, Mollenhoff added, by claiming to be gathering information for a publication. (Actually, many of the bills that have been introduced at tempt to clarify this question by limiting privilege to those "regularly employed" in newsgathering...
...combination of Joel Grey's decadent host in Cabaret and vaudeville's old-fashioned song-and-dance man. His eyes dance, roll, and turn somersaults in an amused self-parody, but they are too bright to be decadent and too playful to be evil. He tries to tempt and waylay Pippin, the show's Candide-like hero, but it is obvious that he is having too much fun to take the devil business seriously. "It began as a very small part," says Pippin's Director Bob Fosse. "It was invented as it went along...
...palazzos have their faults. In high winds, their flaring legs can flap like sails, tending to impede walking. "If a woman speeds around in them too quickly," says Los Angeles designer Jim Reva, "she'll trip on" the flowing hems. Palazzos also tempt women to pull the baggy britches on over their shoes, a procedure that can be dangerous. One Atlanta girl successfully got one shoe in but snagged the other on the voluminous hem and fell on her nose...