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...both the Reagan Administration and Congress have turned their attention toward welfare reform, Edelman has been warning against the delusion that the cycle of poverty and pregnancy can be broken quickly or cheaply. The intensive education and employment training that teens need both before and after childbearing "could incur equal or greater public costs than welfare," the C.D.F. reports. With teen pregnancy and poverty, says Edelman, "we are trying to change cultural + signals, to change the way people think -- and that doesn't happen overnight." That prospect will no doubt discourage many, but for Marian Wright Edelman it is another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Cannot Fend for Themselves | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...inexcusable that the Harvard administration allowed itself to play into the hands of the Conservative Club and went so far as to incur financial expenses above and beyond the call of duty to provide police and cameras...

Author: By Kevin M. Malisani, | Title: Coping with the Conservative Club | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...basic American justification for sanctions can be seen in Archbishop Tutu's statement that there is no guarantee that sanctions will work, it is merely the last peaceful option. Is this possibility enough to allow the West to incur further hardship on an already oppressed populace? This must be a personal question. Yes, even in the event that sanctions do work, however unlikely that may be, and when ultimately a Black government does (as it inevitably will) come into power, will the West guarantee to reinvest the money it has withdrawn and restimulate a dying economy? Mark Suzman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Response to Mendelsohn | 11/26/1986 | See Source »

Both economic efficiency and simple fairness demand that the damages inflicted by canines--now borne solely by Yard pedestrians--be reassigned to the dog owners. I propose that those who operate these compact waste factories incur the full costs of their activity by contributing to a University "Superfund." With this money, Harvard could hire clean-up crews, as well as reimburse students for dry cleaning bills, shoe shines, and Lysol...

Author: By Robert A. Katz, | Title: The Origin of Feces | 4/2/1986 | See Source »

After a two-year study of UCLA buildings, the committee rated 15 buildings as "very poor," which means they would incur extensive damage in a major earthquake. Most were built before...

Author: By Mei LIN Kwan-gett, | Title: UCLA at Earthquake Risk | 11/16/1985 | See Source »

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