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Word: helped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Horner's plans for next year have not yet been announced, she said last night she would be available to help Wilson make the transition to the Radcliffe job. Horner added that she has already been in contact with her successor, and will work with her over the next several months...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Wilson Selected as New Radcliffe President | 5/31/1989 | See Source »

Though the President vowed that his proposals would help "take back the streets by taking criminals off the streets," they stand as much chance of curbing crime as a schoolmarm pleading with Jesse James to just say no to bank robbery. For starters, Bush backed away from converting a temporary ban on the importation of assault-style rifles into a prohibition on the domestic manufacture of such weapons. Three-quarters of these lethal firearms are made in the U.S. Instead, Bush would outlaw only the manufacture of magazines that hold 15 or more rounds. Gun-control advocates and many police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Bulging Prisons | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

...judges have shaved sentences to help make room for more prisoners, the length of the average prison term has declined from 18 months to one year. Criminals, quickly recycled back to the streets, bring the deadly code of prison conduct with them. "Prison works to reduce crime only if you don't let the inmates out -- ever," says Jerry Miller, a former corrections official who directs the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives in Arlington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Bulging Prisons | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

Congress is considering ways to help, at least for the most technical jobs. During hearings, Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn told Watkins he might consider a waiver that would permit some Energy Department employees to be released from Government pay caps. "We need some carrot to get good people into Government," said Nunn. "Till now all we've been showing is the stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Righteous? | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

Opponents warned that the cost might well balloon to $3 billion, and doubted that Washington would fork over anything like $500 million. (Skinner promised that "the Federal Government is going to help in a very substantial way," but he studiously avoided being pinned down to a figure.) Thus, they insisted, the project would force tax increases that Denver residents could not afford. The two main airlines servicing Denver, United and Continental, point out that Stapleton still has 25 unused gates; some expansion of runway capacity, they argued, was all that was needed. But the vote made it obvious that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Urban Growing Pains | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

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