Word: correct
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Children who grow up in welfare families are likely to end up on welfare themselves as adults. Correct? Not according to a University of Michigan study of 1,391 young welfare-dependent Americans during a 14-year period beginning in 1968. Says Economist Martha S. Hill, the study's primary researcher: "The results certainly make you question the stereotype...
There has been something terribly wrong about the staff story if these scholars are correct, or even partly so. The political scientists made it clear that none of these studies indicate that Reagan's presidency will be considered successful when all is said and done. Some of the experts took pains to point out their lack of sympathy for Reagan's politics and policies. What they said was that Reagan's Executive apparatus has worked well...
...polls are correct, the Bluegrass State will elect its first woman governor this year. The administration of "Martha Layne" as she is familiarly known to Kentuckians--should help revise the stereotype of Southern politics. Perhaps Kentuckians have learned the truth of their commonwealth's motto--"United We Stand; Divided We Fall." In any event, the sun seems to shine bright on the future of women in politics in Kentucky and throughout the South...
Adam Osborne called himself the Henry Ford of personal computers and predicted his company would have sales of $1 billion by 1984. For a time those boasts seemed correct. He developed the first successful portable computer, the Osborne 1, packaged it with three popular programs, and sold the machine for an unusually low $1,795. Last year Osborne Computer rang up sales of about $70 million. But the firm could not maintain its success. In the past week it filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. While Osborne had virtually no income, it owed suppliers $45 million...
...pair discovered the walls had originally been cast in off-white and painted the rooms the correct color Thursday night...