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...transport itself into this mess? Three groups contributed mightily: pusillanimous politicians who refused to risk their constituents' wrath by asking for fare increases when they were unquestionably essential; inept managers who, despite in many cases handsome salaries and generous expense accounts, proved incapable of managing; and inflexible unions that pushed labor costs sky-high (they account for 77% of Chicago's operating expenses...
...perhaps self-hate. After achieving degradations close to madness, Newlove stopped drinking. In 1970 he published The Painter Gabriel, a novel whose subject, fresh language and touching exuberance reminded some critics of Joyce Gary's The Horse's Mouth. Generous praise greeted his second novel, Leo & Theodore, a picaresque about the bawdy adventures of Siamese twins growing up near Lake Erie, the author's home turf. This book and its sequel, The Drunks, were revised and republished as Sweet Adversity...
...long as students are enrolled in school, the Government makes payments to the banks to cover interest. The borrowers do not have to begin their repayment until six months after they graduate and even then have up to ten full years to discharge their debts. Despite the generous terms, the default rate was as high as 10% in 1977. By last year, after a Government collection campaign, it had dropped to about...
...Services Committee as he outlined what he called "the second half of the Administration's program to revitalize America." The man who earned a reputation as "Cap the Knife" for his stingy ways as Richard Nixon's Budget Director seemed now to relish his role as a generous dispenser of military goodies...
Some of Brezhnev's arms proposals were less than generous. He called for an immediate halt to "all preparations" for the deployment of 572 U.S. cruise and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe, even though the Soviet Union has at least 160 of its own SS-20 launchers in place. Most analysts believed that the statement was aimed less at disarmament than at buttressing public opposition to the U.S. missiles in Western Europe. The West German government rejected the proposal out of hand. "The West cannot accept a status quo that gives permanence to a Soviet advantage, with...