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...convergence of historical trends, Pepper's unshakable New Deal liberalism is in phase with the graying of America, even at a time when conservatism marches forcefully through Washington's corridors of power. Some 36 million Social Security recipients, and millions more who are nearing retirement, count on Claude Pepper to protect their rights and wellbeing. And Pepper has doggedly done...
Censuses have become part of modern life, whether the counted cared to have their noses tallied or not. But in a rare display of actuarial obstinacy, West Germans last week won a skirmish in a war that attacks the very concept of the national head count...
Leading the fight was the Green Party, a loose amalgam of environmentalists and antinuclear militants, which charged that the Volkszählung, or people count, amounted to an invasion of privacy. (The questionnaire asks about everything from monthly rent to religious beliefs.) Last week an eight-judge federal court decided that there was merit to the argument and ordered the census postponed...
Over the past decade, the KGB presence in France has mushroomed. Between 1971 and 1981, the number of Soviet citizens residing in France rose from 1,000 to 2,406, while the count of official Soviet functionaries more than tripled from 200 to 700. DST officials estimate that about one-third of the total number are full-time agents of the KGB or the GRU, the military intelligence service. Says a former French counterintelligence officer...
...protection from creditors during the past year, and scores more may follow. Companies have budgeted $35.7 billion for drilling and exploration this year, 14% less than in 1982. In the field, only 1,882 rigs were drilling in the U.S. in the first week of April (see chart). That count was the lowest in six years and nearly 60% below the December 1981 peak of more than...