Word: combating
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THERE are many points in the new budget which seem admirable, but they are piecemeal measures, which do not indicate any real programs for combatting the large domestic problems this country faces. Bush does call for nearly $5.5 billion to combat the nation's drug crisis--almost $1 billion more than was spent this year--and he has agreed to fully fund programs for aid to the homeless as legislated by Congress. In an effort to improve America's economic "competitiveness," the plan would also target more research money to the National Science Foundation and make permanent the investment...
...everyone's interest to have a fair and just Harvard, a fair and just America. That is the true vision, one of everyone working together to combat insensitivity and prejudice, brought forth by Vision...
...proposal before the Berkeley city council becomes law, hoteliers will be offering more than a bed, bath and Gideon Bible. Leland Traiman, a registered nurse who treats AIDS patients, has suggested that the city help combat the spread of the disease by requiring hotels and motels to equip each guest room with safe-sex information kits, including condoms. The kits would also be distributed at some local massage parlors and saunas. "There could be a sign with each kit saying, THE BIBLE MAY SAVE YOUR SOUL, BUT THIS WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE," says Traiman. Some innkeepers fear that guests might...
...Castro Valley, Calif., Dick Bash, owner of a store named Combat Arms, reports that he is overwhelmed by demand, largely from gun fanciers who fear that the Purdy massacre might at last prod legislators into taking some serious steps to control the sale of guns. Says he: "There is an arms race on, all right. People are rushing to buy guns before the government takes them away...
...probability, however, Combat Arms customers need not worry. The Stockton slaughter has indeed prompted talk in state legislatures and the halls of Congress about cracking down on gun sales, and a few actual proposals. Some would ban the high-powered paramilitary weapons that, foes say, have only one use: to kill human beings. Others would institute a federally mandated waiting period, generally 15 days, before a qualified buyer could pick up his gun. (Under the bewildering mosaic of state laws now in effect, waiting periods range from 30 days in New York to zero in Virginia and Oregon, where Purdy...