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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does Congress treat the dairy support system like a sacred cow? The main reason is the strong dairy lobby: the Associated Milk Producers PAC was the tenth-largest campaign contributor to Congressmen in 1984. Yet, despite this clout, most dairy farmers realize that some reforms are inevitable. "We want to be less dependent on subsidies," says James Jarvis, a small dairy farmer in Wautoma, Wis. "But we can't be cut off cold turkey. We've got to be let down slow...
Born to a well-to-do family, Mengele received degrees in medicine and anthropology before arriving in 1943 to work as an SS doctor at Auschwitz, the largest of the Nazi death camps. As cattle cars of Jewish captives arrived, he committed the "unfit" to the gas chambers and chose others for his experiments. He injected serum into children's eyes in an effort to change their color and killed victims with drugs in order to perform autopsies on them. His special interest, however, was in twins and dwarfs. When Mengele found seven dwarfs among her Hungarian theater family, Elizabeth...
...Arts ("We're trading ballet for bombs," said William Murphy, former director of the United Performing Arts Fund of Milwaukee), other reductions would hurt both lower- and middle-income families. One example: the President's budget seeks to rein in Medicare, which after Social Security is the Government's largest and fastest-growing entitlement program. By freezing reimbursements to doctors and hospitals at their present levels, the President would cut some $5 billion from projected 1986 costs. Such a reduction would immediately touch the pocketbooks of physicians who treat Medicare patients. Fair enough, perhaps, but it would also have...
...other two contenders are American Cablesystems Corporation, the nation's 29th largest cable firm which operates out of Beverly, Mass., and Cambridge Consumer-Owned Telecommunications, Inc. (Cable Plus), a cooperative company founded by Cantabrigians...
...face of this nation is decisively shaped by the Federal Government. It is the country's largest single builder, printer and design client for objects as various as power dams, monuments and postage stamps. The looks and liveliness of Government buildings often determine the vitality of town squares and city centers. Federal highways and public works enhance or mar the American landscape. The appearance of Government signs, pamphlets and questionnaires can make life easy or irritating for citizens...