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Somewhat contrarily, Americans still look to the Government for a vast array of services and would surely not tolerate reductions in many of them. Often they desire still more-nationwide health insurance, for example, and federally financed jobs. Moreover, Hubert Humphrey, who has spent a generation as a disciple of the big-spending New Deal religion, retains a wide following. Ted Kennedy, another Washington fixture, might have had the Democratic nomination if he wanted...
Though the plan is supported by an impressive array of business, labor and civic leaders-including Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley-it has attracted a number of harsh critics. All believe that the plan has been too hastily developed and needs refining. Pete Schabarum announced that he would quit his post as a director of the Southern California Rapid Transit District in protest against the project. Says he: "I just don't believe that a fixed rail-transit system will work in Los Angeles. This is an area of urban sprawl, low density. with a great diversity of directions...
...airlines of the nation, already losing $110 million, will face even greater storms if the Government's plan for deregulation is approved [April 19]. Sure, fares will go down in the rate battle that will ensue, but so will the airlines. We will end up with an incredible array of fly-by-nights offering "cheapies," until eventually all carriers go under, and then the country will be left the single alternative of a nationalized airline...
Beyond encouraging the anorexic to eat, doctors differ widely in their methods of treatment. Anorexics, once they get to the hospital, are likely to be put through an array of psychotherapy, behavior modification and medication that by its very variety shows how little doctors really know about the disease...
...Paul conference, for example, was largely a Burger project. The Chief Justice tirelessly appears in mufti at an array of events, from judicial conferences to American Bar Association meetings. He travels extensively (a nonsmoker, he once started a losing firefight by asking Amtrak to ban cigars on the Metroliner), sometimes going abroad, most recently as the guest of the Japanese government. "I've made the discovery that ours is not the only workable system," he has observed wryly. He has covered most of Europe, though he found that in Spain and Portugal "they don't like strangers poking...