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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...produced a six-point economic program that exudes moderation. He calls for a phased four-year schedule of tax cuts, of so far undetermined size. He pledges not to impose wage and price controls, promises to restrict the growth of the money supply, and vaguely calls for a two-year "moratorium" on the issuing of new regulations. He supports a constitutional amendment that would require a balanced budget unless a deficit is approved by two-thirds of Congress. To stimulate saving and investment, he would exempt from taxation at least some savings interest payments and would favor faster write-offs...

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

...week trial went on, the more it became apparent that she was less a pawn than a principal in the plot. Cousin Günter Sachs, himself known mainly as a playboy, blamed von Opel's predicament on an unhappy childhood and a latter-day regimen that included two bottles of vodka daily. So convinced of her guilt were the French judges who heard the case that they doubled the recommended five-year punishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 3, 1979 | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

Once Tutankhamun returned from the tomb, it was inevitable that publishers would discover the Nile. Several have done so, simultaneously vulgarizing the past and present. But two new books offer a deep understanding of how people looked and thought a world ago. In Mummies Made in Egypt (Crowell; $8.95), Aliki unravels the secrets of ba, the ancient Egyptian concept of the soul, and ka, the invisible twin of the deceased. Both ba and ka wandered after death, and they could only return to a recognizable body-hence the art of preservation. Aliki's crisp narrative and delicate artwork never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Child's Portion of Good Reading | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

This fall TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Bruce Nelan, with two other reporters, toured the Ukraine. Though the itinerary was controlled, the officials did not monitor actual interviews. Nelan's report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Completely Loyal to the State | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

...imprisoned during the Vins days are back. Recalling the times when the congregation had to worship clandestinely in the woods beyond the city, an old woman remarks, "Our services were of ten disturbed." Even now, a man adds "Sometimes at night windows are bro ken." There have also been two small fires in the church...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Completely Loyal to the State | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

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