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...recently published statement calls for an immediate halt to the manufacture of nuclear weapons and the eventual abolition of all nuclear arms. Similar to statements circulated by local secular groups such as the Coalition for a Nuclear Arms Freeze, it reads in part, "In the name of God, let us speak out now, let our silences once again make us accomplices to holocaust, this one threatening the very existence of mankind...
...result, the budget never came into balance, but took up an ever larger portion of U.S. income. Federal social programs alone account for 12% of the American G.N.P., up from 8% in 1960. Now that indexing has eliminated taxation through inflation, Greenspan argued, Congress may finally be forced to halt the growth of Government...
...expected to announce that it lost more than $1 billion in 1981, presented the union on Jan. 15 with a broad plan to reduce wage rates, which U.A.W. Vice President Donald Ephlin immediately described as "intriguing." The company proposed a 31-month freeze on wages and a 15-month halt to cost of living increases. It also asked workers to give up all nine of their personal paid holidays and one of their weeks of vacation time. Employees with more than 20 years of seniority currently are entitled to five weeks of vacation, and those with 15 years get four...
...look alike sitting in an oversized limousine munched on a fat cigar. While the fellow in the next seat cried out one plaintive warning after another. O'Neill sat in a happy oblivion. And the car, like the country his party had led for so long, sputtered to a halt stranded in a desert. The election results gave unequivocal testimony to the effectiveness of the advertisement. After half a century as America's party of ideas, the Democrats seemed unable to deal with the realities of life in the Age of Scarcity...
Martin has the distinguished honor of being selected to the All-Ivy field hockey team all three years which she has competed at Harvard. Last fall, she scored halt of the squad's goals. Next fall, she will serve as co-captain. But, again, the stickwomen haven't won more games than were lost...