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Whether it does hold up or doesn't, I hope the next reviewer TIME picks for me doesn't bite the tender tip off my intent like toothsome Stevie Kanfer...
Lopez Portillo compounded the country's political and economic troubles by encouraging the most deadly bane of Mexico's one-party system: corruption. La mordida (literally, the bite) has always been endemic in Mexican society, but with the huge infusion of oil money, corruption mushroomed. The outgoing President, for example, created 5 million jobs in six years. But at least half of the 2 million new public positions are suspected...
...tour a trans-continental jaunt which reaffirmed the Stones' ability to provide the best material in the field even in their dotage. The album is so cleanly recorded and finely re-mixed that pieces like "Under My Thumb" and "Let's Spend the Night Together" lose some of their bite, particularly the latter, which sounds downright cheerful. Though the Stones have mastered the art of making studio productions sound spontaneous, they have never succeeded consistently in producing top-notch concert records. Only Get Year Ya Ya's Out (1970) comes close to preserving the on-stage hysteria and thumping power...
Most wage-earning Americans will see increases in their take-home pay after next week, when the second round of the Reagan Administration personal income tax reductions goes into effect. The cut trims the federal withholding bite by another 10% on top of the 5% reduction of last October, pumping an additional $39 billion into the depressed economy. To millions of Americans, though, actual buying power after July 1 may turn out to be only microscopically greater than before...
...people who have any strong dislike for me don't know me. From the outside looking in, they see a fellow from New York City, relatively affluent, very aggressive. I come on very strong. But," he says with a very engaging grin, "my bark is much worse than my bite." Later, he comes back to the same theme. "I have a very strong personality. I come on very strong. I have lots of enthusiasm. I do lots of things that are fairly visible, and when I do them that can be offensive to people...People tend to be resentful...