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...citizens now spend $60 billion a year on medical, dental and nursing care, drugs and appliances. Of this, the federal share is $21 billion. Yet by the best estimates, 80 million Americans lack adequate health care. For the majority, the barrier cutting them off from decent care is financial. Either they do not qualify for health insurance under any of the plans offered, or, if they qualify, they have no money to pay the premiums...
Supposed Immunity. Douglas may have been guilty of unwise conduct, questionable judgment and injudicious partisanship. Is this enough to oust him? It would certainly suffice for the Senate to veto a Supreme Court nominee. But Douglas hurdled that barrier in 1939; different standards apply to a sitting judge. After all, no one seriously considered impeaching Judges Haynsworth or Carswell, despite the criticism that barred them from the Supreme Court. One reason is the need for judicial independence: federal judges are deliberately appointed for life and the Constitution restricts the grounds for impeachment to "treason, bribery, or other high crimes...
...leaving because I am already so estranged from the Department that I cannot tell any one of them that I am going before I write this letter. I am leaving because I want to teach in junior or community colleges where a Harvard Ph.D. could create an additional barrier between students and myself. I am leaving because Professor May thinks America was imperialist for only a three-year period and because Professor Handlin thinks black people are only another ethnic group. I am leaving because "preserving the amenities" at Harvard means denying any chance for change. Spare us from...
Building and Grounds had installed an outfield fence for the doubleheader, the first time the Soldiers' Field diamond has had an outfield wall. But a strong wind blowing from the outfield eliminated the significance of the barrier...
Dodge and Delay. One immediate issue dividing blacks and union leaders is the apprenticeship system, in which trainees undergo a four-or five-year learning period before being admitted as full-fledged journeymen. Blacks charge, with considerable justice, that the system is often used more as a barrier than as an entranceway. Only 4% of the apprentices in the union-regulated programs are black. Union leaders argue that the apprenticeship system is necessary to maintain a high standard of skill. It takes only 16 months to train an Air Force jet pilot but five years to train a plumber. George...