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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surely as reactionary as Paul VI. The recent papacy has taken very progressive stands on nuclear disarmament and redistribution of wealth, but it hasn't had much impact because the Pope is shooting down his own troops when he drives out priests and nuns and makes it so difficult for people who ought to be ministers, like women. His theological conservatism undercuts his political liberalism...
...India:Pakistan war of 1971 was perhaps the most complex issue of Nixon's first term. What made the crisis so difficult was that the stakes were so much greater than the common perception of them. I remain convinced to this day that Mrs. Gandhi was not motivated primarily by conditions in East Pakistan. India struck in late November; by the timetable that we induced Yahya to accept, martial law would have ended and a civilian government would have taken power at the end of December. This would almost surely have led to the independence of East Pakistan-probably...
...education programs, and even company-paid memberships in fitness programs. Between 1967 and 1977 corporations raised the dollar value of these benefits at an average annual rate of 17%; over the same period, cash wages and salaries went up only 10% a year. Boosting benefits is much more difficult now; they are included in the guidelines calculations and are becoming costlier to provide, especially in the case of medical insurance plans. Last year such benefits rose by only 9.5%, and almost all of that increase reflected higher costs, not expanded programs...
Fang Yi and his colleagues have set difficult goals for a country that still relies heavily on human sweat. In the cities, women sweep the streets with brooms they make out of straw. In the countryside, road crews work with pick and shovel; when steamrollers are available, they are usually fuming, coal-burning monsters. Despite the vaunted Chinese emphasis on the dignity of the masses, produce is still conveyed by pedal-powered carts carrying burdens several times heavier than their human engines...
...continues to operate, a consumer hotline, investigating complainsts called in by viewers. One such complaint was the existence of the Chicken Ranch. Mr. Zindler is famous for his incredibly theatrical news reports, and he became extremely unpopular with the residents of Lagrange. With this in mind, I find it difficult to understand how Mr. Grafstein can label Melvin P. Thorpe an "overworked stereotype." Further, the comparison of Thorpe to Dan Rather or the Rev. Billy Sol Hargas only betrays the reviewer's ignorance of these facts. The strength of this musical lies in the fact that the unique characters...