Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from the utility," protested Suzanne Machita, as she began packing a suitcase. "Then one thing from the Government, another thing from Harrisburg and something else from civil defense. I don't know what to believe, what to do, so I guess the best thing is to go It's better than doing nothing." She said she had often argued with her husband Harry when he raised questions about living so close to the plant. "I just believed the company when they said it was safe Now I don't believe...
...record on nuclear waste is no better. Despite periodic official reassurances, no proven method of safe, permanent radioactive waste disposal exists. A recent report by a federal interagency task force conceded this point, claiming that no available technology can guarantee containment of waste beyond a few thousand years...
Richard D. Weisman '78, special assistant to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and former Crimson editor, said Holcombe fought for better conditions for workers even though he was "terrorized" by his supervisors...
THEY'RE FAMOUS down on Capitol Hill for the ability to revive issues that are better left six feet under. Lately, they've been resuscitating a subject most of us were happy to see bite the dust four years ago. In 1975, then-President Ford watched the Indochina conflict wind down to its agonizing end and put the country's Selective Service System on "deep standby" status. Meanwhile, Ford initiated the system of All-Volunteer Forces (AVF), a program aimed at keeping the nation's military system sufficiently staffed without resorting to conscription...
...Congress study labels the "highly questionable" constitutionality under 13th amendment which prohibits non-military "involuntary servitude." Even within a framework of military or civilian choice such as the one McCloskey offers, young people have no choice but to serve. The estimated $20 billion cost of compulsory service seems better spent on ensuring freedom of choice while making the volunteer army a more attractive alternative. The fear of the draft has returned and, in the post-Vietnam era, this is one ghost legislators might do better to exorcise away...