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Treasury Secretary James Baker has been largely responsible for the final form of the Reagan Administration's tax package, and will keep watch on the measure's progress in Congress. In an animated and wide-ranging talk, Baker discussed tax reform last week as a guest at the quarterly meeting of the TIME Board of Economists. Excerpts...
...sexy Gottex style comes from the use of a high proportion (20%) of Lycra in the suits, which gives them a tighter fit. Says Leah Gottlieb: "I make clothes for people who are comfortable in their bodies." While the company sells its products in Israel in a wide range of outlets, in the U.S. it caters to the chic crowd in such stores as Neiman-Marcus, I Magnin and Saks Fifth Avenue. Says Kal Ruttenstein, Bloomingdale's vice president of fashion: "They're very innovative and take trends from ready-to-wear collections to their swimwear line...
...room after her concert two weeks ago in New Orleans. The comment is not a gesture at modesty; Madonna is not modest. Nor, for that matter, is she puffed up with self-importance. She has a very clear, cold view of her strengths and weaknesses, and those of the wide world too. She got her first training as a dancer (she won a scholarship in dance at the University of Michigan, but she stayed only 1 1/2 years). She became a fairly good rock drummer and guitarist during her knockabout years as a musician in New York City, then turned...
PHENOMENON. I'm not really sure what is going on. My fans come from a wide age range. I think it goes beyond sexuality. Maybe my fearlessness and courage give people a good feeling. I think I have a real sweetness inside and love for life and a good sense of humor. Maybe people see that. I think a lot of people are afraid to express themselves that way, so maybe they feel they can attach themselves to an innocence and joy. I believe that dreams come true: that you can do what you want...
...Life in Washington, as they have done on each anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, and were addressed by Reagan. His message: "These days, as never before, the momentum is with us." A graphic film that shows ultrasound images of a fetus being aborted, The Silent Scream, has received wide play and inflamed antiabortion passions, even though a number of medical authorities have denounced it as a distortion. "We are responding to what the pro-lifers have done," says Lauren Virshup, executive director of the California branch of NARAL, "but what we do will have a life of its own." Argues...