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...widely recognized. In a recent poll for TIME conducted by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman,* more than 90% of the respondents agreed that morals have fallen because parents fail to take responsibility for their children or to imbue them with decent moral standards; 76% saw lack of ethics in businessmen as contributing to tumbling moral standards; and 74% decried failure by political leaders to set a good example...
...public philosophy of the Reagan era than the Adam Smith neckties worn proudly by presidential confidants. As President, Reagan has fused this faith in the economic invisible hand with the rugged individualism of the "Sagebrush Rebellion." Government is always seen as a rapacious tax collector standing between businessmen and the creation of wealth. The result is an Administration whose clarion call is "Enrich thyself." For Reagan, money is the measure of achievement, and he has left no doubt that he prefers the company of the wealthy. McFarlane, shortly after his suicide attempt in February, told the New York Times...
...seemed like a good idea at the time. Looking for a relatively painless way to raise funds, Florida Governor Bob Martinez decided to play some creative games with the state's 5% sales tax. Over the voluble protests of many businessmen and lobbyists, he and the Florida legislature expanded the reach of the levy to include many services. Among them: advertising, warehousing and numerous legal, accounting and real estate fees. Last week some fiscal results were in on Martinez's gambit, and they were not good. NBC television announced it was canceling its May 1988 affiliates' convention, scheduled to take...
Peace of Mind, Inc., a club based in West Bloomfield, Mich., offers an elaborate menu of safe-sex services. Founded in February by six local businessmen, the club has signed up about 100 people so far for memberships ranging from the $99 basic package, which includes a blood-screening test for AIDS every six months, to the deluxe membership ($649), which includes tests every three months for AIDS, herpes and nine other sexually transmitted diseases. That is not all: Peace of Mind provides a telephone-counseling and referral service, a newsletter, a dental program and discounts at 43 local stores...
...Petty politics and stereotyped slogans no longer please anyone," wrote another of the 27 signers, Philosophy Professor Willie Esterhuyse, in the Sunday Times of Johannesburg. He claimed to be speaking not just for a few professors but also for a growing number of professional people, doctors, businessmen, the young. "People are not only yearning for new ideas. They also want a new political style, a rhetoric which is conciliatory. Unhappiness with the National Party and its leadership does not simply concern the pace of reform. It is concerned with the nature, goals and strategies of reform itself...