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...principal reason for the breast feeding decline." My review of studies from Third World countries and my own work suggests this is not the case. An analysis of recently published studies from five countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean suggests that no more than 6 per cent of mothers in any country said they gave up breast feeding in order to work...
...planting confusion in the voter's minds, the business community has kept the fate of Question One in doubt. From an advertising perspective, it is far easier for opponents of the amendment to say it does no good, than for proponents to convince voters that 100 per cent valuation is a serious danger...
...cent valuation really is a serious danger, and 100 per cent valuation is what Massachusetts will get if they defeat Question One. That's because a 1974 Supreme Court decision ordered cities and towns to conform to the law and bring their assessment up-to-date so everyone is taxed at full market?--100 per cent--of the value of their property. If Question One is defeated, that court decision will be implemented and $265 million in taxes will be shifted from commercial to residential property. In other words, a windfall for business and a serious blow to the already...
...record. Sure, he is a good-looking, energetic fresh face. But "If it weren't for the private life thing--and by that I mean the money, not the family stuff--I think Brooke would be a sure bet," William Schneider, associate professor of Government, explains. Forty-nine per cent of the people questioned recently in a Massachusetts poll feel that Brooke "has not been honest and above-board in his personal affairs." A mere two per cent say the same for Tsongas. Says fellow Rep. Michael J. Harrington '58, "Tsongas is accessible, humble, sincere, unassuming, but there...
...Boston Globe has editorialized, "will not be overjoyed with the Brooke-Tsongas senate choice." Brooke is a well-known fighter for fair housing, aid to the elderly, women's rights (funds for poor women to have abortions, ERA) and civil liberties. In 1977, Tsongas received a 100 per cent rating from the Americans for Democratic Action. His strong points are energy, the environment, urban reconstruction and African affairs...