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...fortunes of pregnant women and infants to a program with little political clout? Why force women to suffer through complicated enrollment procedures and to spend hours searching for a doctor? A Medicaid explosion would further advance the isolation of the poor in the American health care system and society...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A Healthy Life for Infants | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

...room to grow. Since then the business has developed with a passion. Now a vigorous adult, cable reaches 54% of U.S. television homes and has annual advertising revenue of more than $1.8 billion, compared with just $60 million in 1980. But the industry's rapid expansion and newfound clout have prompted sources ranging from consumer groups to motion-picture studios to call loudly for renewed regulation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tune In, Turn On, Sort Out | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

...Guard churches that defined the nation's spiritual and moral ethos from Plymouth Rock through the 1950s are coping with a decline in numbers and social clout. Strategic failures abound in recruitment, missions and education, while demographic trends point to an even bleaker future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 21 MAY 22, 1989 | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

...Disney's clout often assures that such movies are financially successful anyway, Katz said. "We can sell virtually anything," he said...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: No Yellow Brick Road Will Lead to Hollywood | 4/25/1989 | See Source »

Election victories give populists more clout. -- An exclusive poll shows what the comrade thinks. -- Haunted by history's horrors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 15 APRIL 10, 1989 | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

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