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Change for a Fiver I was interested in your account of the redesign of the $5 bill [Oct. 8]. But with all the good ideas that went into the makeover, nothing was done to aid the blind. Many countries print different-size notes or have a bit of Braille on each so that the blind can truly know what they are using. As more and more disabled move into the mainstream, it is up to us to make ordinary activities like bill recognition a reality for them. Eleanor Carter, GLENDORA, CALIF...
...defeat the amendment, which at the time had been ratified by 30 of the required 38 states. Schlafly argued that the law, which read “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,” would undermine families, require the federal government to draft women, and take away women’s right to be supported by their husbands. The 1979 deadline for ratification passed, but the amendment...
...announced that it would not disburse the funds normally earmarked for the UC, meaning that what would otherwise be the first installment of the UC’s budget for this fiscal year remains in some locked drawer in University Hall, not in the UC’s bank account. Where, then, did the $63,791.21 come from? On Sunday evening, Treasurer Anthony R. Britt ’10 told the UC that the balance is, in fact, buried treasure, left over from last year’s budget. His explanation satisfied our ever-watchful UC representatives. It shouldn?...
...financial autonomy from the administration? Not a chance. The amount is too much for a rainy day, and too little for a hurricane. Even if innocent clerical errors, late deposits from University Hall, and the UC’s emergency reserves are taken into account, there remain tens of thousands of dollars that ought to have been spent that were not. The miraculous shortfall-turned-windfall is almost certainly produced by a blend incompetence and unwarranted over-cautiousness, and not prescience, on the UC’s part...
...father was killed in 1983 by Marxist rebels in a botched kidnapping attempt. According to Vallejo, Escobar offered Uribe his helicopter to transport his father and brother, who was injured in the attack, from their farm to Medellin. News reports from the time, describing the failed kidnapping corroborate her account. Bad weather prevented Escobar's helicopter from landing and Uribe's father and brother were transported by land, according to the newspaper El Mundo...