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...industrialists and bureaucrats. Liberal opponents of the new philosophy have accurately dubbed it. "Stealing from the poor to give to the rich," but their self-righteous attitude cannot counter the political power that supply-side proponents have entrenched on their side since the presidential election. Nor can liberals dispel the popular support for tax-cuts and budget-slashing from a large group of people tired of losing their money through taxes used to fund inefficient social programs...

Author: By Siddhartha Mazumdar, | Title: When the Ax Comes Down | 4/3/1981 | See Source »

Questions about the name and address of each freshman's parents and high school were eliminated from the housing application forms several years ago in order to dispel rumors that such factors were being considered, Neer said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Housing Lottery Begins Today; Results Are Due by March 19 | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

...over the Vietnamese forces in the country, which are estimated at 200,000, there is the danger that Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge might then turn its guns against Son Sann and Sihanouk. Moreover, not even the firm anti-Soviet predisposition of the Reagan Administration is likely to dispel American reluctance to get involved in another conflict with the Vietnamese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southeast Asia: A Strange Alliance of Convenience | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

American Renewal examines what can be done to restore confidence in ourselves and our future. As Editor in Chief Henry A. Grunwald writes in his introduction: "Our chief purpose is to dispel the notion that nothing can be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Feb. 23, 1981 | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

...effort to sift the thinking of others and to present what we believe to be the best and most promising proposals. We hope that concerned citizens and experts in many groups, organizations, schools and colleges?possibly even in Government?will consider these issues anew. Our chief purpose is to dispel the notion that nothing can be done. Thus we also report on many people who have in fact done a great deal, have already begun their own American Renewal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPECIAL PROJECT: American Renewal | 2/23/1981 | See Source »

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