Word: erlich
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From the trial's opening statements, aspiring authors jockeyed for space on courtroom benches. Joyce Johnson, a contributing editor for Vanity Fair, began work on What Lisa Knew. Free-lance writer Maury Terry launched into The Dark Side of 10th Street. Sam Erlich, a fellow free lance, undertook Lisa, Hedda, Joel. Marie Winn, author of a television critique, The Plug-In Drug, jotted notes for an untitled book...
Although only tenuous evidence can be presented that repealing the prevailing wage would result in lower taxes, repeal advocates have continually stressed this as a major campaign issue. As Mark Erlich of the Committee for Quality of Life said, "the phrase `tax savings' is a code word that people accept on faith. Our feeling is that we need to educate the public on a fairly complicated issue. In an age where simplistic arguments are winning, it is gratifying to have won so much support for this issue...
...related study on the "Long-Term Biological Consequences of Nuclear War," 20 biologists headed by Paul R. Erlich examine what will become of life on earth during such a nuclear winter. Freezing temperatures would kill many plants; the gloomy darkness would make it impossible for surviving vegetation to undergo photosynthesis Agriculture would suffer irreparable damage and global food chains would be hopelessly shattered. Increased radiation would prove lethal to plants, marine life and land mammals. The overall repercussions would "lead to the extinction of the species of plants, animals, and microorganisms of the Earth," the study contends...
Later, the military coalition did hand over the presidency to Antonio Morales Erlich and Jose Napoleon Duarte. They too called for massive land reform and control of the military forces. The United States announced its support for this "reform-minded" coalition...
...Soviet leaders today are having to struggle with new and difficult problems. At the heart of the trouble lies the inability of the system to make better and more efficient use of its plants, factories and technologies. Says Professor Alexander Erlich of Columbia University's Russian Institute: "The Soviet system of overcentralized planning was clearly helpful in the past, when it was just a matter of marshaling large amounts of labor and capital. But now that the situation calls for using what they have more efficiently, the system is simply not working well at all." In the five-year...