Word: factly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Since that decision, between 30 and 35 states have ruled, in some form or another, to restrict state funding for abortions. Through October 1977, Medicaid funds paid for an estimated 22,000 abortions in Massachusetts alone and more than 300,000 in the whole country. Medicaid has in fact saved state welfare agencies from having to dole out even more money than the cost of these abortions to take care of unwanted children...
...than-sprightly rhythm section and his own vocals. "Badlands," basically a good cut--as energetic and rambling as the best Springsteen can be--suffers, as you will, from Springsteen's triple-tracked harmony on the chorus, which is all too reminiscent of bloodhounds baying at a treed raccoon. In fact, Springsteen does this on several of the cuts on this album, including the title track, with the same failure...
...trouble is, simply, that Springsteen has ignored his limitations on this album. He shines when he explores the problems that confront an outsider trying to wrest women from sheltered lives with the lures of speed, passion and freedom. Springsteen is in fact one of the most attractive and believable outsider person as in rock. But when he tries to assume the stance of someone caught inside, in the work-a-day world, it's hard either to accept or be interested in it. Springsteen is a wonderful painter of the social landscape, but as a social critic he is standing...
...Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The two men admitted to stealing the documents, but maintained that their goal was to help normalize relations between the U.S. and the nation we bombed, defoliated and depopulated during the '60s and early '70s. True, they could have gotten life sentences--but the fact that they were convicted at all demonstrates that there are serious problems in the federal government and in the White House...
...once on the bench, Powell turned out to be far more flexible than Nixon had expected, and in fact has become one of the least predictable of the Justices. Before his nomination, Powell said in an article that Americans had little to fear from the Government's use of wiretaps against the "radical left...