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...Democrat, attacked the Nixon plan for offering neither short-term nor long-term solutions to his state's problems. Agnew in turn taxed Shapp with eroding "the unified, massive effort it will take" to get revenue sharing through Congress. But the cause of federalized welfare was already making headway with the Governors. Shapp's own need is desperate, for his state is on the brink of bankruptcy. "If Shapp doesn't get help," said one conference observer, "next Monday they'll put up a sign: 'Will the last person to leave Pennsylvania please turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNORS: Saying No to Nixon | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

Brutal and Bullying. Much of the current violence can be traced to a militant splinter group of the I.R.A. known as the Provisionals. Unhappy with the official I.R.A.'s inability to protect Catholics from Protestant attacks and its failure to make any headway toward uniting Ulster's six counties with the 26 counties of the Irish Republic, the Provisionals split off from the old guard after the 1969 riots. About five months ago, they began stirring up the Catholics against the 6,900 British troops sent to Ulster to restore peace. It was not difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Northern Ireland: The Children's War | 2/22/1971 | See Source »

...more than the celebration of "paper triumphs." The evidence is with Harrington. While innovative, a number of the programs were excessively costly, poorly administered and subject to failure because of the inability of federal, state and local officials to unite effectively. Even the better experiments made little headway because of the problem's enormity. The current crisis is evidence enough that Lyndon Johnson's domestic war did not end in victory or even a draw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Welfare: Trying to End the Nightmare | 2/8/1971 | See Source »

Riles' headway may reflect a growing sophistication about educational controversies. Says Riles: "People are tired of being polarized on emotional issues and tired of waiting for someone to help them provide good education for their children." The odds still favor Rafferty, but few expected that Riles would come as close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Challenging Rafferty | 11/2/1970 | See Source »

...Chile, a budding urban guerrilla outfit known as the M.I.R. was making considerable headway on the argument that Chile's traditional political approaches were not answering the country's social needs. M.I.R.'s march has been stalled, temporarily at least, by the election of Marxist Salvador Allende as Chile's President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The City as a Battlefield: A Global Concern | 11/2/1970 | See Source »

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