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...GOOF UP MY SYSTEM. Thomas Aquinas Murphy, 62, chairman of General Motors Corp., is a casual fellow with gray Brillo hair, thick bookkeeper's spectacles, a heap of optimism and no pretenses. From his 14th-floor corner office behind security-locked glass doors in the Gen eral Motors Building, he looks out at Detroit's soaring Renaissance Center, which is the city's multimillion-dollar bet on its own future, and to him the view is bright...
...recent years we have drafted three articles impeaching a President of the U.S., written a complete revision of the highly technical federal copyright laws and-after three years of effort -are about to do the same with the Fed eral Bankruptcy Act. We have promulgated new rules of criminal procedure and evidence for the federal courts, expanded and extended the Voting Rights Act of 1965, initiated and passed the first major revision of antitrust laws in more than 25 years, and conducted two unprecedented constitutional inquiries under the 25th Amendment. We are now and have since 1973 been closely examining...
Today membership in an ethnic group is growing more important than American identity. Unless present fed eral policies are modified, Glazer fore casts a continuing rise in ethnic consciousness and combativeness. In short, Glazer concludes that liberal policy makers, as they seek to knit an inte grated society together, are unraveling it as they...
...only pretending to be a baddie - big surprise! - that he is really a federal agent in disguise. Naturally it also turns out that just about everyone left alive in that plush car when the Indians finally get around to attacking is in on a scheme to grab some min eral wealth they are not entitled to. A dose of mineral water is what this congested movie needs, however - especially if the film makers had used it to wash down a therapeutic amount of amphetamine...
...government, has proposed a new compact, which is now be ing discussed in Congress. The island would be explicitly recognized as a sovereign entity voluntarily choosing union with the U.S. Puerto Ricans would remain U.S. citizens but, unless they live on the mainland, still could not vote for fed eral offices. Most important, Puerto Rico would gain full autonomy in specific areas, perhaps including the setting of minimum wages, environmental controls and tariffs, and regulating immigration. It would be able to import some goods without paying duties...