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...especially because on this album, he sounds so alive, just like he almost did when he was alive. He could be standing right next to you. Same crooning voice, sincerely telling you to "do drugs"--which you hear in the background if you play the cut "When You Trim Your Christmas Tree" super loud and with the bass turned down...

Author: By Eric B. Fried and Susie Spring, S | Title: Hark! the Herald Cashiers Ring | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

...spend and spend, but cut, trim and hope for the best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Candidates' Me-Too Ideas | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...only an array of me-too remedies that are eclectic yet oddly limited. The common thread that winds through nearly all is that Government can help the most by meddling the least. The new fashion for 1980 will not be spend and spend, elect and elect, but cut and trim and hope for the best. A preview of the leading challengers' economic plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Candidates' Me-Too Ideas | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...Baron Carrington,* bears all the hallmarks of his patrician heritage: urbanity, erudition and an icy self-assurance sometimes bordering on arrogance. He has, says a friend, "that aristocratic, flippant manner that makes him free of inhibitions or a sense of inadequacy." Though he has never held elective office, the trim, impeccably tailored Carrington is regarded as a consummate politician. He has more governmental experience than anyone else in the Thatcher Cabinet-"more than all of us put together," says a colleague. It has often been said that Carrington could have occupied 10 Downing Street had he chosen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Britain's Pragmatic Patrician | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...major problem is the swollen staff of more than 3,000 which John Paul inherited from Paul VI, a born bureaucrat. Hard-pressed Vatican workers (typical clerk's pay: $150 a week) talk of forming a union. Out of charity for loyal veterans, John Paul wants to trim the payroll only through attrition. That means he needs more cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: John Paul: Calling All Cardinals | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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