Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nine-year old band, which traveled to the Dominican Republic in 1974 in a similar tour for the Association for Blind Children, hopes to raise approximately $10,000 for AFS, Everett said...
...eligible for Medicaid at Grady, patients must meet the same low income levels as do persons who qualify for aid to dependent children, the most common welfare program in Georgia. The blind, the disabled and those over 65 also qualify. For each $1 that Grady spends on a Medicaid patient, the Federal Government contributes $2, under a sliding scale that permits Washington to help states with low per-capita income more than wealthier ones. Unfortunately, that ratio works in reverse when funds are reduced. Says Michael Yelton, director of public relations at Grady: "For every dollar we do not receive...
Indeed, there was growing concern, in Congress and in Europe, that the Administration is turning a blind eye to the Salvadoran junta's faults and is prepared to offer military assistance without qualification. To quell such fears, the State Department issued a statement last week emphasizing its support of "basic economic and political reforms, including elections in 1982-83," in El Salvador...
...must not let our joy blind us to reality. The British made a patriotic myth out of Dunkirk, based on courage and exertion, but Dunkirk was still a staggering defeat. The overthrow of the Shah by Khomeini was a defeat for American foreign policy, heightened by our impotence during the hostage crisis. We are still in serious trouble in the Persian Gulf. That is what we have to remember...
...announced that seven programs, promptly dubbed "the seven sacred cows," would be spared from the budget ax. The lucky seven: Social Security pensions; Veterans Administration disability benefits, even those for non-service-connected ailments; Medicare payments for the elderly; Supplemental Security Income for the elderly, blind or disabled poor; free school breakfasts and lunches for poor children; Operation Head Start, which prepares disadvantaged youngsters for school; the summer jobs program for poor youths...