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...site does not explicitly call for violence against abortion doctors. Furthermore, the site can be viewed as an informational political vehicle, since it also urges voters to begin letter-writing campaigns against abortion. Much as we might prefer that the site be taken down, it would curtail the First Amendment to force the site's owners...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fighting Within Bounds | 1/20/1999 | See Source »

...gets nothing more for its subsidies and tax breaks than a handful of new dead-end jobs. Corporate welfare saves existing jobs from immigrating to Mexico. Also, the system inflates corporate bottom lines, as required for the steady elevation of share prices. It would be a serious mistake to curtail corporate welfare before we cure the ills that spawned it--free trade and years of sluggish economic growth. Until that is achieved, the system will continue to protect taxpayers from Washington's more egregious mistakes. JIM CASE Baltimore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

...rationale to curtail traditional welfare programs, such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps, and to impose a lifetime limit on the amount of aid received, was compelling: the old system didn't work. It was unfair, destroyed incentive, perpetuated dependence and distorted the economy. An 18-month TIME investigation has found that the same indictment, almost to the word, applies to corporate welfare. In some ways, it represents pork-barrel legislation of the worst order. The difference, of course, is that instead of rewarding the poor, it rewards the powerful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Welfare: Corporate Welfare | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

Anxiety arose during the off-season that Adams' injury would force him to curtail his aggressiveness. Adams, however, believes that his game will still be just as physical...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Adams Takes Over Captaincy After Shoulder Rehabilitation | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...sure Irving Kristol, Harvey Mansfield, Midge Decter, Minister Neuhaus and company deplore the murder in Laramie; nor should I wish to curtail their First Amendment or academic freedom...

Author: By James R. Russell, | Title: No Resurrection This Time | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

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