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...across as a particularly insipid character. I'm comfortable in my own mind that I'm not that character." Maurice Stans, chairman of the Finance Committee to Re-Elect the President, calls the whole production "so far from the actual life in Washington that it can only harm the country by making people think that this is a true picture of the capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Scandal as Entertainment | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

...Allow people to see and copy the records, to correct misinformation or at least get in their side of the story. One exception would be medical records, if a physician decides that disclosure would harm the patient...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRIVACY: Striking Back At the Super Snoops | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

...flow of funds into Switzerland has overvalued the Swiss franc and thus put Swiss textiles, watches and machinery at a disadvantage in export markets. Says Swiss Accountant Max Fluri: "Our banking sector has grown taller than the Swiss Confederation. For some time, it has been bringing the country more harm than good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Less Go-Go in Switzerland | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

Institutional racism has to do with the structure and function of our society rather than with the attitudes of individuals. Institutional racism consists of those practices and procedures in our community that harm racial minorities whether or not intended. Indeed, institutional racism could be the unintended outcome of behavior thought to be helpful. Institutional racism, therefore, has to do with effects or consequences rather than intentions. Racial minorities determine whether or not behavior is racist in terms of its negative effect. Racial majorities determine whether or not behavior is racist in terms of its positive intent. Behavior with a positive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Andrew Young | 7/12/1977 | See Source »

...witness to the agony of cancer, I am bewildered that Laetrile is banned [June 20]. Can it not be administered in conjunction with our presently prescribed treatments? What harm is one more pellet in our already shotgun approach to curing cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 11, 1977 | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

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