Word: slice
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...alone. Reasons: Americans will not be able to get low-priced imports as easily as they now do, and prices of U.S.-made goods will rise faster because of less competition from abroad. The costs. Brimmer declares, will be borne disproportionately by the poor, who must spend a larger slice of their income on shoes and clothing than the well-to-do. These costs would be multiplied if imports of many other foreign products were limited under the trigger mechanism...
East-West trade last year accounted for only 3.9% of the world's $273 billion flow of goods. Slight as it seems, the figure is extremely important politically. While the leaders of the Communist countries would certainly resist any attempt by the tender sword to slice into their control at home, they are nonetheless prepared to make diplomatic gestures in order to enhance trading opportunities with the West. The Soviet willingness to reach an accommodation regarding West Berlin (see THE WORLD) and the cordial treatment accorded France's President Georges Pompidou on his recent visit to Moscow reflected...
...assume grave countenances and huddle aside for a conference with Colbert, Mazarin's aid and confidant. Diagnosis: lung dropsy. Prescription: bleeding and the ingestion of rhubarb and precious stones. The opening sequences of Louis XIV possess all the touches of realism that we have come to expect of contemporary, slice-of-life realism, but it is a realism rendered bizarre by its historical setting. Realism reified, alienated. If the characters believe the witchcraft of the doctors, can we be sure at any moment that we know what they are thinking? Chaos creeps in from the edges of the frame...
...Tuesday's national election has given the Nixon Administration an impressive slice of the Democrats' hegemony in Congress, but the Republicans' surprisingly poor showing in gubernatorial elections has placed in jeopardy their prospects for the Presidential race...
Adapted from A Hall of Mirrors, a slice of underworld life by Novelist Robert Stone, WUSA is a wayward attempt to chart the depredations of right-wing forces in America. The film, produced by Newman, patently reflects the political views held by him and his wife Joanne. Their social awareness is admirable, but it has led their moviemaking astray. As two of the screen's most talented artists, they could have brought strength to Stone's closely stitched characters. Instead, personality and plot are overridden by politics...