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Almost as amazing as the events in Jonestown is the apparent willingness of the American people to foot the bill for this madness. That's carrying the concept of collective guilt...
...year. Perhaps an even better approach is Economist Penner's suggestion to have the program's recipients pick up a portion of their hospital and doctors' fees. This would not only cut expenditures but also discourage recipients from rushing to the doctor for every sneeze and sniffle. The whole concept of linking federal pensions to the rise in inflation should also be reexamined. Another worthy idea for curtailing entitlements is to reduce sharply the impact aid program, a Government pork barrel that provides nearly $1 billion annually in tax dollars to school districts, no matter how wealthy they...
After having lived in Tokyo for three years, it is clear to me that the American businessman has a very poor concept of the Japanese consumer. Compared with the more compact Japanese appliances, the American versions are marveled at as gargantuan rather than considered for purchase. The same is true of American cars. On narrow Japanese streets, many American automobiles resemble a cruising battleship. As an American living in Japan, I could not buy American products even if I wanted to because of their incompatibility with the Japanese lifestyle...
...King wanted to know, had five years been selected as the transition period leading to self-government for the occupied territories? Answer: The five-year term was an American proposal, first presented to Egypt and Israel in 1977. "The key point is the concept of transition, not the precise duration which has been agreed [to]. We see the transition period as essential to build confidence, gain momentum and bring about the changes in attitudes that can assure a final settlement...
Great Photographic Essays from LIFE, commentary by Maitland Edey (New York Graphic Society; 278 pages; $24.95). From its first issue to its last, the old weekly LIFE (1936-1972) published some 2,000 photo essays. These were as original in concept as the magazine itself: skillfully composed picture stories that explored the lives of private people, their tribulations and triumphs, jinks high and low, the places they inhabited or returned to or recalled. This collection, elegantly introduced and annotated by Maitland Edey, a former assistant managing editor of LIFE, includes such classics as W. Eugene Smith's Spanish Village...