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That is what Calhoon and his maritime cohorts want most of all-a guaranteed share of U.S. trade. Such a guarantee might rejuvenate the American merchant fleet, but in the long run it would harm the nation's overall trading position by making U.S. exports more expensive. In return for Carter's promise, the union promptly raised $200,000 for his campaign...
...sought-much influence even in the Republican-occupied White House since August 1971, when Richard Nixon announced a pay-price freeze to fight the Viet Nam-era inflation. Friedman quit as a Nixon adviser, announcing with characteristic acerbity that the freeze was "pure window dressing, which will do harm rather than good...
...Judge Merhige, who charged that "business necessity took the forefront" at Allied in its handling of Kepone, offered the company an incentive to reduce the fine. He suggested that Allied's big fine could be cut if the company were to make "some voluntary effort" to alleviate the harm caused by Kepone pollution...
...convince the voters that he really will produce the specific changes he has been calling for, the challenger must present the public with specific proposals to attain his ends. Recent political history suggests that most such proposals, hastily devised and based on inadequate information, do challenging candidates more harm than good: George McGovern's opponents repeatedly cited his $1000-per-person guaranteed income plan as evidence that he was a wild-eyed, fuzzy-headed radical; Ronald Reagan's proposal that the states assume responsibility for social welfare programs presently operated by the federal government was received comparably...
...their sleeves. the vaccine offers young adults about a 50 per cent chance of protection in return for a 2 per cent chance of incurring a low-grade fever, a greater risk of tenderness at the site of the shot, and the very remote possibility of more serious harm...