Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...left him in the strongest political position of any Western European leader. France's President Valéry discard d'Estaing was bracing for a spring election that could reduce his standing with the voters. In Britain, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher faced sharp criticism for her monetarist program. But Schmidt, 61, overseer of the Continent's healthiest major economy (5.1% inflation and 3.5% unemployment) had a new mandate to govern for another four years, probably without serious challenge...
...stars and galaxies, Sagan opted for the nearby planets, under the tutelage of the late Gerard Kuiper. He realized that planets were the most likely places for extraterrestrial life to be found in his lifetime. He also anticipated that the U.S. would soon embark on an ambitious program of planetary exploration. At a party just before Sputnik I spurred American space activity, Sagan made a perspicacious wager: he bet a case of chocolate bars that the U.S. would reach the moon by 1970. He won with five months to spare...
...there were equally important as signals to earth. They are part of what he calls cosmic consciousness-raising, his attempt to alert earthlings to the excitement and wonder of the universe. It was just such consciousness-raising that first stirred thoughts in Sagan's mind of doing a television program on space exploration...
...Ronald Reagan's "supplyside" economics-a strategy to boost economic growth by stimulating business production rather than fostering private consumption-a better way to fight inflation than Jimmy Carter's "economic revitalization" program? Is Reagan's 10% income tax cut more inflationary than Carter's 8% income tax credit on 1981 Social Security taxes? Is John Anderson right in arguing that a tax cut of any sort is not proper without a balanced budget...
Such problematical openings are often fatal on Broadway, but Makarova and Company is hardly typical fare. For one thing, this program was only the first of four. Still to come are the world premiere of Barry Moreland's Ondine and the first performance outside the Soviet Union of Maya Murdma's Studies. Even balletomanes who were troubled by the uneven debut will probably be lured back by the curiosities ahead...