Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...longtime defender of consumer rights. He has spoken out against high energy costs and opposes President Carter's decontrol of domestic oil prices, despite arguments from those who feel that Americans will waste gasoline until prices go up. "Government programs are still wanted," he says. "My job is to cut out the waste and the junk, and to be a leader of the programs that work well...
...district, which includes a dilapidated, arson-scorched section where she directs a community center. Since taking office she has pushed through the Rhode Island house two housing bills designed to cut down on arson and evictions. Well before Three Mile Island, she initiated legislation that would outlaw nuclear power plants in Rhode Island until waste disposal problems are solved. Says Morancy: "Issues involving the quality of people's lives affect generation after generation...
...Sarah Weddington, 34. "I want to see to it that women are not cut off from power positions," says Carter's special assistant on women's issues. A graduate of the University of Texas Law School and a Texas state legislator for five years, Attorney Weddington worked to reform the state's sexual abuse laws and equalize commercial credit requirements for women. In 1973, at the age of 28, she won the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. Since Weddington replaced Midge Costanza last November, Carter has increased...
...dirty dozen," collected legislators' signatures on a petition that changed the house's voting rules and enabled Brown to call for an immediate vote that gave him the gavel. Since then the Republican, a former insurance salesman from Daytona Beach, has reformed the ramshackle procedures of the house, cut school taxes and held down property taxes. Brown, who stands for efficiency and economy...
...foreign imports have steadily expanded their share of the U.S. auto market, and in May accounted for a record 24.3% of all cars sold. During the first six months of this year, while sales of U.S. autos fell 7.9% below last year's level, forcing the carmakers to cut back production and lay off workers, foreign automakers sold 14.7% more cars. Volkswagen, for its part, has been extremely pleased with the quality and productivity of the New Stanton, Pa., plant at which it has been assembling its hot-selling, 26-m.p.g. Rabbit models since...