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...never did. "If we have to burn half of Chile to save it from Communism, then we will do it," threatened Roberto Thieme, leader of an extremist right-wing organization called Fatherland and Liberty. More moderate opponents were less outraged but equally adamant against Allende's plans to broaden state controls. Opposition parties, controlling both houses of Congress, fought him all the time he was in power...
Although changing the schools themselves (for instance, by creating specialized schools and using students as tutors) could broaden their role, says the panel, the best remedy is to limit schooling and provide opportunities for the young to alternate study with work...
...Nixon Administration gets its way in Congress, banks and S and Ls could actually heighten their bidding for savings in the future-and broaden it into a battle to provide the most generous terms on mortgage loans, personal loans and checking accounts as well. That is the goal of a sweeping set of legislative proposals that the Treasury unfurled late last week. The Administration will ask Congress...
...opportunity for a lasting peace transcends a particular Administration," says Kissinger. "It has to do with us as a people. We have got to broaden the base so this effort can become truly national and enduring beyond a single Administration. This country has seen so much agony in the past ten years that we must unite in some sense of purpose...
...would have flowed freely during warmer times. Sagan and Young go further. Suspecting that our sun is not unique in its quirky behavior, they checked other nearby stars. In the cluster Praesepe, they found a number of stars that varied widely from expected energy output. Such variations, they say, broaden the long-term temperature ranges to be expected near these stars, increasing the chances that earthlike climates-and perhaps life-exist...