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...allowed for delegates to sound off. (AIP-members pride themselves on being democratic, although many will not use the word because "the Founding Fathers did not.") Michael Jacobs, a delegate from Vermont, objects to the racial overtones of Colonel Warnock's remarks and notes that such overtones will harm the party's efforts to broaden its base. "How many niggers you got in Vermont?" a man shouts out. I peer over at the only black face in the room--that of a young security guard. He remains impassive. A burly, slightly drunk Ohioan goes to the microphone to make...
Perhaps, but the peso's sharp devaluation could also do harm in Mexico. Prices of the $6.6 billion worth of consumer and capital goods that Mexico imports will rise sharply in peso terms. In the wake of Beteta's announcement, many sales clerks worked until midnight changing the price tags on merchandise. At the Puerta de Liverpool department store, for example, refrigerators went up 20% overnight, color TV sets more than 30%. To ease the burden, Echeverría has already promised raises for workers, civil servants and pensioners-a generous but inflationary move...
...resolve. Earlier this month, Kennecott lost what may very well be its last legal appeal when a federal court failed to reverse the order. Despite all the legal maneuvering, the copper company insists that it also has tried to find a way of giving up Peabody without inflicting financial harm upon itself, but the FTC wants it to try harder. The commission recently asked a federal court to fine the company and its officers $100,000 per day for delaying the process of divestiture...
...explain the fact that some attempted social reforms do more harm than good? Given the real need for reform in all societies how do we ensure reforms strengthen rather than diminish individual dignity and self-esteem...
...Government to assess problems accurately and to take into account people's judgement of their own needs is essential to effective social reform. More than ever such sensitivity is required to foster respect for our institutions. We are all aware that some approaches to social reform do more harm than good. Effective government action requires a deep awareness of how that action will be seen and evaluated by our increasingly active and informed citizens...