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...Will the unions, now split between Jackson and Bayh, get out the vote and curtail rank-and-file defections to Wallace...
...Reagan beat Incumbent Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown with nearly 57% of the 6.5 million votes cast and won a surprisingly high one-fourth of the Democratic vote. Declaring that "there are simple answers," he took office in 1967 with a promise to reduce state spending by 10%, cut welfare, curtail the growth of state government and crack down on student protesters. He turned out to be more pragmatic than his rhetoric suggested, in part because he had to compromise with a Democratic legislature. He managed to limit, but not reverse, the growth of state government; he boasts of vetoing...
...harm the economy. A New York bankruptcy would also wipe out much of the value of $2 billion worth of city securities held by banks round the country. Though the Federal Reserve has pledged to lend the banks enough money to keep them from closing, they might have to curtail their lending to business. Much of the remaining $11.5 billion in city securities is held by individuals, who would suffer serious losses of principal and interest and thus have their buying power reduced...
Kellman explained that the chief goal of the program was to curtail meat consumption to help alleviate the world food crisis...
...CHUL members are happy with the decision, however. Some masters grumbled last week that open meetings will curtail candid discussion and make CHUL sessions meaningless. Such arguments don't really hold much water. The CHUL was established in 1969 purely as a sounding board for College policies. The CHUL discusses House-related issues and makes recommendations to the dean of the Faculty. The dean can do what he wants at that point--either accept or reject the CHUL's recommendation. If there is anything these masters should fear from open meetings, it's that students may see just how little...