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...Administration argue that there are clearly defined major policy goals-to rebuild U.S. defenses, to repair old alliances and forge new ones with anti-Communist regimes, to confront the adventurist meddling of the Soviets and their clients-but that these have been somewhat obscured by indifferent execution. Critics contend that these apparent goals are really just a set of attitudes, that under Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig, U.S. foreign policy has essentially become a series of scrambles to ward off disaster...
...bring to this report whatever conclusions they want," said Census Bureau Director Bruce Chapman. "We hope it will be used as a point of departure for discussion." Conservatives can use its findings to argue that poverty is less of a national problem than people have thought; liberals can contend the figures prove the importance of social programs the Administration wants to cut still further. Census Bureau experts say it is too early to take any action based on the study, since they have not yet compared the monetary value of benefits for the poor with those that primarily help middle...
...Harvard mentor feels that it the spikers are to contend for the Eastern League crown in the future, the Crimson would have to change its program "I don't see that happening," Palm said...
What's more, the reasoning behind the campaign to amend the act is spacious. The union of Republicans and industrial state Democrats who support the changes in the act contend it will stimulate the economy and create jobs. Yet this seems merely a smokescreen to salvage ailing and uncompetitive industries, the legislators and bureaucrats who favor the changes are ignoring recent reports which demonstrate that regulation creates more hobs than it eliminates...
Supporters contend that the plan would benefit those who most need help...