Word: medium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...present version requires only that the President send to Congress short-and medium-term employment goals over the coming five years. In addition, the Federal Reserve Board would have to report on how monetary policy would fit into the jobs goal. The bill also calls for a strong commitment to "reasonable price stability," but sets no specific inflation targets...
...play communicates through theater's most expressive medium, poetry. Under the able direction of Oz Scott, every member of the talented cast delivers Ntozake Shange's rich verse with expert precision, rendering intricate rhythmic shifts with mellifluous ease. All seven actresses perform exquisitely, but one deserves specific attention. Trazana Beverley, who plays the Lady in Red (all characters are identified simply by the color of their dress), steals the show with her earthy humor and lusty sensuality. Slightly overweight and less attractive than her companions onstage, Beverley plays the buffoon most of the night, but "a nite with beau willie...
...film is based on Pinero's well-received play of the same name that garnered the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award three years ago, and Pinero seems to have made few concessions to the different demands of the film medium in preparing the screenplay. In short, the first 15 minutes of the movie suggest a play that has been filmed rather than one that has been adapted for the screen. The evocation of a prison atmosphere takes priority over the proper development of a suitable movie plot...
...five legislators who went out to Walpole last week came out demanding a gubernatorial investigation into the prison. Gov. Michael S. Dukakis has asked the legislature to approve an increase in the budget to construct two more medium security jails, but the legislators who visited Walpole say--along with the inmates--the root of the tension isn't overcrowding, but the attitude of the prison administration toward the prisoners' conditions. But the governor seems likely to ignore that request. Although Dukakis said Thursday he will appoint an investigatory committee, he will continue to push for more jails, rather than more...
Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed, which have long considered the U.S. plane market their own, have reacted to this new European threat by bad-mouthing the Airbus as ill suited to the needs of U.S. airlines. Despite its size, the Airbus is basically a medium-range jet, and American planemakers contend that there are no routes in the U.S. where traffic would be heavy enough to fill a profitable percentage of its seats consistently. Eastern seems willing to take the gamble, however, and U.S. planemakers are apparently afraid that other European jets may eventually follow the Airbus into the American...