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...budget, like other federal programs of its kind, is in for some heavy cuts -- perhaps 35% -- and it may also be barred from filing class action. But the LSC insists that those account for less than one-tenth of 1% of its caseload -- 1,600 out of 1.7 million cases in 1994. "People don't understand what we do," says Freiberg. "If they answered the phone and heard our clients and the kinds of stories we hear, people wouldn't be so anti-Legal Services...
Scientists have developed a number of plausible explanations for the recent jump in asthma's prevalence and severity. In the process, they have also | generated a fair amount of controversy and no little confusion. Certainly, some of the growth in the caseload results from more accurate diagnosis. But several researchers blame the increasing amounts of time that human populations are spending in tightly sealed, air-conditioned homes and workplaces, and the resulting exposure to concentrated allergens and pollutants...
After the success of Presumed Innocent, Turow was able to devote more time to his literary career, reducing his caseload by one half...
...high school. The system itself is rife with troubles. Almost a third of the city's 32 local school boards are under investigation for corruption, building maintenance has chalked up a $500 million backlog, and a basic in-school service like nursing care has been slashed 86%. An impossible caseload of 1,000 high school students for every guidance counselor makes a mockery of the profession...
Baker concededs that the MCAD is "under a lot of work pressure" because of a small staff and a big caseload. But he says, "The commission made it very clear that investigative briefings were to be completed last [spring]. They have had nothing new from either side...