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...civil rights group. "The answer is no. It's a solution to a political problem. The problem we now face is fundamentally an economic problem." From that perspective, it does not matter whether the current bill passes, since neither version would help a single crack addict kick the habit, persuade a youngster to stay in school or give an unwed mother the training she needs...
Even after they give birth to drug-impaired children, many mothers go right on smoking crack. Melinda East, a former crack addict now in treatment in Long Beach, Calif., supported her habit as an often barefoot street prostitute. Her first baby was born with "the shakes," she says, but that did not turn her away from crack. She remembers selling milk and Pampers back to the grocery store for drug money...
...whose share of the U.S. market has dropped from 43% in 1981 to 35.5% today, will introduce redesigned full-size Cadillacs, Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs this fall. By then, the company hopes, the recession will be over. That aggressive stance represents a sharp break from GM's past habit of throttling back development during slowdowns -- and then watching rivals drive off with its customers. "We've got more new product coming than at any other time in the company's history," says GM president Lloyd Reuss. "We're not holding anything back...
...things are clear from the case of Margaruite Custode -- and many others like hers. First, if it were not for the threat of losing legal custody, she would not have sought treatment for her drug habit. Second, if it were not for the all too rare opportunity for first-rate treatment, she would not be sober for nine months straight with a good chance of regaining custody of her child. Whether Custode will be a good parent is impossible to say, but both social- service workers and law-enforcement officials are finding that the best way to rescue a child...
Lost an election? Looking for a new job? No problem, if you're a Republican. George Bush is making a habit of employing G.O.P. candidates after they've lost elections. The President enjoyed a similar favor from Richard Nixon. After Bush lost a 1970 Texas Senate race to Lloyd Bentsen, he avoided political obscurity when Nixon made him ambassador to the United Nations...