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Most Unsatisfied. Throughout the cut and thrust, Nixon tried determinedly-and for the most part successfully -to appear unruffled by the reporters' tactics. He even assured them that "I'm not criticizing the members of the press, because you naturally are very interested in this issue [Watergate]." However, he reiterated his contention that the story has been overemphasized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Savage Game of 20 Questions | 9/3/1973 | See Source »

Miles is dealt with in the same shallow perspective. We learn little of her past, and never hear her talk of her marriage. Director Richard Sarafian is at a loss as to how to treat this beautiful, cultured and bitchy woman who is thrust into the hands of outlaws. He chooses the easiest way out. Her enticing sexuality is expressed through the constant threats of rape, talk of rape and rape attempts which weigh down the film like a tedious motif each time it turns its attention to Miles...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: The Man Who Loved Nobody | 8/14/1973 | See Source »

...grateful. After the 1953 uprising, he directed the economy to produce more consumer goods. He recruited thousands of engineers and young technicians to manage the economy, encouraging them to use the most modern techniques and equipment. Today this "computer Communism," as other East Europeans enviously call it, has thrust the G.D.R. into the ranks of the world's top ten industrial nations. Its well-stocked supermarkets, the ready availability of many consumer goods such as refrigerators and television sets, and its modern housing complexes give its citizens the highest living standard of any Communist-run country in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST GERMANY: The Last Cold Warrior | 8/13/1973 | See Source »

Texasgulf is ideally suited to be the first target in a Canada-for-Canadians thrust. More than 20% of the stock is owned by private Canadian investors, and C.D.C. has already bought up another 2½% in the open market. More than two-thirds of the company's revenues come from Canadian operations, which include mining, oil and gas production, fertilizer making and foresting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAKEOVERS: Canada for Canadians | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

Another difficulty, as OMBE's new director, Alex Armendaris concedes, is that the Government's thrust was poorly thought out and badly implemented at its start. "We may have funded too many programs too quickly," he says. "There was a general desire to throw the money out, to get things going." Only now is OMBE setting up a computerized evaluation system to monitor the performance of the 160 semi-autonomous Business Development Organizations in 40 states that carry out the bulk of its work. With the new system. OMBE officials will be able to decide which BDOs have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BLACK CAPITALISM: Mostly an Empty Promise | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

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