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Joseph Swidler, chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission, has a simpler suggestion for the cause of Big Allis' ills: "It's a lemon...
Last week the Supreme Court vigorously reasserted the U.S.'s historic barrier between church and state. By a resounding eight-man majority, it declared unconstitutional the ambitious aid programs of both Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. The decision (Lemon v. Kurtzman) struck many legal observers as a sign that a number of other current aid schemes would come in for close scrutiny. In its probable impact on schools, Lemon is likely to be surpassed only by the court's historic decisions on racial desegregation. It seemed certain to accelerate the end of the comprehensive parochial school as millions...
Litigation on parochiaid is likely to go on for several years. But lawyers are fairly sure that Lemon's broad principles, plus the anti-aid line-up reflected by the court's near unanimity, will eventually require a drastic rearrangement of Catholic education. For one thing, tuitions will have to go up, and poorer parents will simply be unable to afford the higher fees. In Philadelphia, for instance, the loss of the archdiocese's $19 million in aid under the state program will force the price of a year's tuition at parochial high schools close...
Nader's Center for Auto Safety has been concerned with the protection of consumers of automotive products and recently published What To Do About Your Bad Car: A Manual for Lemon-Owners...
...themselves enough to give any true wine lover the pip: Zapple and Boone's Farm (both apple wines), Bali Hai and Key Largo (orange, papaya and other fruit extracts), Spañada (grape), three different blends that are jointly named I Love You ("I" tastes like lemon-lime, "Love" is fruity and "You" has a cola flavor), Ripple (grape wine and tropical fruits) and Annie Greensprings (a grape rosé). The biggest sellers seem to be Boone's Farm, Bali Hai, Spañada and Ripple: exact figures are being withheld by the manufacturers, who profess...