Word: health
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano Jr. let it be known that he did not like Carter's niggardly approach to spending for new social programs. Word leaked that Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal thought the President was wrong to push for full-scale tax reform in 1978. Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps blasted Carter's handling of the Bert Lance affair. Said one insider: "The Cabinet does what it wants because it's not afraid of this President. When the Cabinet members screw things up, nothing happens to them...
...legend-the biggest high roller ever to be a respected cop." So boasted Donald ("Diamond Don") Gilman, 47, in March 1977 when he was appointed sheriff of Indianapolis. Stocky and balding, Gilman is a high school dropout who claims to have become a millionaire from operating four local health spas. He is noted for his huge roll of banknotes, flashy cars and ostentatious jewelry. He brags about his junkets to Las Vegas, including gambling losses of $30,000 during one weekend...
Gilman sold his health spas, stopped his gambling and won high marks from some constituents for improving the department's efficiency. He increased arrests and cut the county's crime rate...
...excerpt, Nixon trivializes his trip to China by revealing--as you always suspected--that great heads of state meeting at the summit sound more like Floyd the barber and Andy Griffith than men of destiny deciding the course of the world. Nixon, Kissinger, Mao and Chou discuss Mao's health; Mao claims he likes rightists and makes other jokes; all agree that talking is a good thing; Chou looks at his watch. Nixon reveals that Chou was capable of sitting through long meetings in Chinese without falling asleep. These glimpses of power are fascinating, but present a pattern of disturbingly...
...federal courts will rule in NORML's favor. In the meantime, the paraquat problem is very much with us, and an end to the spraying program coupled with the launching of the city's pot testing project will represent two important steps towards dealing with this tax-dollar funded health threat...