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...tumult of soaring prices and unpredictable supplies has played havoc with the economy for years. Since 1973 there have been two recessions, and as energy prices have soared they have helped propel inflation to one of the highest sustained levels in the nation's peacetime history. The U.S. now stares at the possibility of perhaps a decade of 10% or higher annual inflation. The lives of Americans, from the clothes they wear to the cars they drive, have been profoundly altered...
...Energy Czar ($14.95), which plugs into an Atari computer game set. Each "czar" formulates his own energy policy, while the com puter spews out useful information. Players do not win the game by creating the best policy or making the most money. The victor is the one who scores highest in the public opinion polls...
Announcing the nation's highest award in architecture, AIA Newsletter editor Peter C. McCall said yesterday, "So influential and far-reaching is the work of Jose Luis Sert that the social awareness and concepts of artistic collaboration that he brought to the practice of architecture have become almost commonplace...
Percy was also given unexpected access to other members of the Soviet leadership's highest echelon: four hours with Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and three hours with Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov. The Illinois Senator had scheduled last week's visit as a private trip before the election. But when the Republicans last month got control of the U.S. Senate, it meant Percy would become head of the Foreign Relations Committee-and thus a man Soviet leaders much wanted to meet...
...lists. He was sued by the New York County Lawyers Association, which won an injunction barring further distribution of his book and had him convicted of criminal contempt for the unlawful practice of law. Dacey ultimately vindicated himself and his book on appeal to the state's highest court (his lawyers' fees:, $75,000). Now living in Ireland, Dacey released a thicker version of his manual last spring. He tries not to be bitter. "There are honest lawyers," says he, "just as there are four-leaf clovers...