Word: fittings
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Dukakis' workfare scheme represents a novel attempt to zero in on the most exasperating welfare problem of all: the consistent failure of men, physically fit and in need of work to support families, to find jobs, either through state agencies or the federal work incentive program. Workfare confronts one legal hazard that could destroy it: Congress has enacted a law that bars the use of federal welfare funds as salaries, and the U.S. Government matches the state's $11 million contribution for jobless fathers of needy families. Dukakis' aides have discovered, however, that authorities in Utah have...
...Stratford, Ont., is proudly aware of it. The trumpets that herald curtain time at the Festival Theater sound a fanfare of brassy assurance, and the plays follow each other across the stage like a regal pageant. Canada built and has sustained a distinctive national theater, and that is fit cause for pride. Herewith, a sample of this summer's offerings...
...more than $1.50, a sumptuous meal only $3. Perhaps because of their spending power, the Americans (some of Rumanian descent and thus far mostly men) have no trouble attracting female companions. One student told TIME Correspondent David Aikman that he had so many Rumanian girl friends he could hardly fit them all into the twelve-hour days and six-day weeks of his busy class and lab schedule...
Following commencement, Wald will leave for Rome and Tokyo to participate in conferences on nuclear armaments and nuclear power. He plans to return to his home in Woods Hole, Mass., to write on scientific topics and maintain his political activities. Even though he never fit the institutional mold and eschewed gray flannels for a turtleneck sweater and medallion, Wald has left an indelible mark upon Harvard. He is at times "a pain in the neck to the administration," as one admirer says, but he is still universally respected in spite or because of his politics...
...University must be condemned for its unfeeling and--in Gallagher's case, possibly vindictive--treatment of its workers. It is unfortunate that in offering these workers undesirable jobs, and in trying to circumvent a statute that would support the employees the University has seen fit to hide behind legal technicalities that thinly mask a cold, calculated attempt to cut back on labor costs...