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...only be HEW Secretary but will also supervise all of the "human resources" functions now scattered in various departments. James T. Lynn, the HUD Secretary, will administer all community-development programs, and Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, has a new mandate over all "natural resources" activities. Democratic Senator Abraham Ribicoff has warned that any attempt by the President to reorganize the Executive Branch by decree poses a constitutional issue...
...great debates over slavery that preceded the Civil War were staged in the Senate rather than the House, which was fragmented over the issue. Yet even Abraham Lincoln, who emancipated slaves by fiat, sometimes deferred to Capitol Hill. Said he: "Congress should originate, as well as perfect, its measures without external bias...
Professors who signed the pertition at Harvard are Bednjamin Aaron, visiting professor of Law and Business Administration: Derrick A Bell, Gary G. Bellow, harold J. Bermin. Stephen G. Breyer, and Victor Brudney, professors of Law; Clark Byse, Bussey Professor of Law and Abraham J. Chayes, Jerome A. Cohen Vern Countryman, and Alan M. Dershowitz, professors...
...LOVER'S DIET, devised by Dr. Abraham Friedman, at least sounds like fun. He urges the overweight to "reach for a mate instead of a plate," and exercise off their excess weight through intercourse. But unless they follow Friedman's low-fat and low-carbohydrate diet as well, they are unlikely to shed many pounds. A single act of intercourse, according to Friedman, burns an average of only 200 calories...
...shoppers, who stashed away an extraordinarily high share of their income during the recession, are unloading some of it on almost every kind of merchandise. In clothing, says Lee Abraham, merchandising chief of the May department stores, "we are calling this the year of the sweater," because of the now popular "layered look"-calling for sleeveless pullovers to be worn on top of regular sweaters and other multiple-sweater combinations. The strong housing market of the past two years has opened the door to more home-furnishing sales, which the National Retail Merchants Association estimates have risen 13% from last...