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...healers, the doubters and the eyewitnesses involved in some ancient miracles. Occasionally, the film is as violent as history itself. The slaughter of the innocents looses an avalanche of pity and terror upon a sunny hillside, and the Crucifixion scene could scarcely be more graphic. These episodes are offset by the subtle lyricism of the flight into Egypt, when Mary turns for a last, lingering look at the humble comforts of her home...
...suburban dweller who hears a fire engine in the middle of the night wants to know what has happened right away," says Stanton. To make sure that other competition does not grow too strong, Field Enterprises has bought up a string of 13 suburban weeklies and a modern offset printing press on which the Day will initially be printed. Field will also distribute a shopper-a throwaway containing mostly ads-in order to soak up any additional advertising in Arlington Heights...
...year's budget totals, said a White House aide, are "highly uncertain." As it now stands, the administrative budget, not counting a projected $5.8 billion increase caused by Viet Nam, will rise by $600 million over fiscal 1966. The extra requests for the Great Society will be partially offset by a $1.5 billion cut in Pentagon spending not related to Viet Nam, and by another $1.5 billion reduction by all other federal agencies...
When most Americans cast eyes on their first paycheck of the new year, shudders flashed down their backbones straight to their wallets. To help offset higher benefits and the new medicare program, the social security withholding nick in take-home pay went up from 3.625% to 4.2% on Jan. 1. As a result, a man earning $100 a week saw his paycheck shrink 58?. The $10,000-a-year man's first weekly take-home was down...
Lightning Strikes Once. After three successive bad years, premium rates are due to rise again this year in most casualty categories. At the same time, the casualty companies are looking for other ways to offset losses. One is by reducing overhead; most companies are cutting office staffs, installing computers to handle paperwork, and working mergers with life insurance companies to improve profits. Most of all, they are pushing multiple-line insurance, in which a single policy covers everything from robbery to a ruined house. On the theory that lightning never strikes twice in the same place-or that investigators...