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Southern Europe has long been an area of extremes-in poverty, in religion and in politics-as well as an occasional source of anxiety to its more affluent neighbors in the north. That anxiety has been notably increased by exceptional changes that have shaken countries of the south in recent months. There is a notable fear that these nations, in some cases after decades of right-wing rule, will veer sharply to the left, perhaps to the point of embracing Communist, or at least Communist-dominated governments (see following stories...
Giant Labs. Such new towns, conceived in more affluent and idealistic times, were intended to absorb the U.S.'s inexorable metropolitan growth without creating urban blight or suburban sprawl. Each was also supposed to have become a self-sufficient community -sometimes even within a city-where good schools, green parks and clean industry would be within walking distance of attractive homes. Imbued with that hopeful vision, Congress passed laws in 1968 and 1970 that 1) offered federal funds and technical aid to approved developers, and 2) guaranteed up to $50 million worth of each developer's bonds, plus...
...Wicker does not seem to wear his prestige and rewards comfortably. He notes that he lives in a large house and is "affluent beyond his sense of decency." He guiltily admits that he is "a dissident, not a revolutionary." Up to a point, he might even agree with Gay Talese's conclusion in The Kingdom and the Power-that Wicker "became caught up in the current of journalism, the daily opiate of the restless...
...late '60s, in the midst of sup posedly affluent times, The New Yorker fell upon bitter days: tumbling circula tion, reduced advertising. Reluctantly, Eustace Tilley wiped off his smirk and rolled up his sleeves. For the first time in its history, the magazine printed a table of contents. Soon afterward, a bold pro motional campaign was launched, an nouncing that The New Yorker, yes, The New Yorker - which in palmier days had had a waiting list of advertisers - was actually soliciting business. Fortunately, the enterprise had accumulated enough wealth - and enough loyal writers, art ists and subscribers - to weather...
...localism. Higher education, public health and mental institutions suffer from inadequate funding. The state bears only 28.7% of the cost of local education, compared with the national average of 43%. Half the public money spent in the state is raised at the local level, primarily through real estate taxes. Affluent towns end up with the lion's share of the pie, while poor areas struggle under the inequitable system. Part of the problem is that state legislatures have refused to enact a state income...