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...higher education has become so centra' to our culture, government is more and more inclined to intervene in order to make certain that our colleges and universities serve the public well. Yet we know that government can easily clasp education in a deadly embrace that stifles its creativity and vigor... --Public Interest, Winter...
...Council of Economic Advisers and former member of the TIME board, was a guest at last week's session. He described the first quarter as part of the "Reagan honeymoon." Acknowledging the special factors involved in the business surge, Weidenbaum said that he did not expect such vigor to last. The Reagan Administration's revised economic forecast, which will be issued in July, is likely to show an economy only slightly stronger than its February prediction. Said he: "I expect that real growth this year will be a bit higher than 1.1%, and inflation will...
...even the function, of the venerable office that he holds. At 61 this week, he is still young for a reigning Pope. He has the physique of a former quarryman, chemical factory hand and outdoorsman. If his strength carries him through this crisis, he is likely to use that vigor once again as a traveling evangelist on behalf of the joy of the Christian life...
Twangin' contains his usual grab-bag of songs, but Rockpile plays with more vigor than ever. The opening "Something Happens" (profound!) with its guttural voice and syncopated wall of guitars especially escapes the standard Edmunds rockabilly fare. His strength still lies in cover versions--not note for note copies, but revitalized obscure rockers from the days when a hummable tune wasn't a sin. Consider "Singing the Blues" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Almost Saturday Night." There were also quiet moments, like Lowe's Everly Brothers-like "I'm Gonna Start Living Again--If It Kills...
...With deep concern, and even alarm. I see it filtering into all levels of our society and permeating our thinking and our attitudes toward each other. This feeling became actualized first in Proposition 13 in California and recently in Proposition 2 1/2 in Massachusetts. With startling success, speed and vigor, the Proposition 2 1/2 philosophy has penetrated the thinking process of many of our public officla, and citizens library trustees and librarians...