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Reagan's letter was a deliberately vague attempt to accomplish the purpose of the amendment without formally invoking it. For practical purposes, the constitutional provision was in effect when Bush was made acting President. But the text of the letter explained the President's reluctance to implement the amendment: "I am mindful," the letter says, "of the uncertainties of its application to such brief and temporary periods of incapacity. I do not believe that the drafters of this amendment intended its application to situations such as the instant...
More recently, the cause for a living wage was taken up at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where a nine-day long hunger strike succeeded last month in convincing the University to implement a living wage program for its workers...
...College will only have time to implement minor changes, if any, to the Calendar of Opening Days for the incoming crop of freshmen. If the committee recommends a major overhaul, the Class of 2010 will likely be the first to see the results...
...drastically cutting benefits to current retirees will only increase the gap between tax income and entitlements that the Trust Fund will eventually be called upon to cover. Simply put, our generation will not only lose the benefits of Social Security but will be forced to pay the cost of implementing a worse plan. As workers begin to divert their payroll taxes into private accounts, there will be substantially less government money available to fund pensions. This shortfall means that privatization will cost several trillion dollars to implement, in addition to whatever deficit Social Security already is projected...
Capt. William Evans, commander of the Brighton and Allston districts, emphasized that although the BPD is eager to implement greater campus outreach and orientation in order to educate students about running afoul of the law, they would also follow through with arrests and warnings...