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...living standards from which Central America now suffers. Although as the panel points out, much of Central America's future depends on the policies it adopts U.S. assistance is vital in providing the region with a head start. Washington should continue its support for agrarian reform which will lessen the power of local oligarchies and offer the peasant some hope of livelihood. In addition, the U.S. should be generous in supplying technical and monetary aid in helping the Central American nations diversity their agricultural sector so as to make countries more self-sufficient for food and less dependent...
...must assyrne that a crime has been committed, whether or not the victim knew the assailants. The use of the phrase "alleged rape" implies that the victim's word is being questioned. Over two thirds of all rapes are committed by acquaintances of the victim. This does not lessen the severity of the crime...
...this year's $12.6 million budget in the fund, Waynesboro School District Business Manager Wallace Jones expects to increase interest earnings by 20%, to $200,000, which may be used to buy equipment, such as computers, and reduce property taxes. Says Jones: "Anything you can do to lessen the burden on the taxpayer is very important...
...done by the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI and the National Opinion Research Center. Using conservative estimates, experts calculate that a woman's chance of being raped at some point during her life is an appalling 1 in 10. But as the social stigma on rape victims begins to lessen, they are fighting back through the legal system, reporting their cases and seeing them through to prosecution. The number of reported rapes has steadily risen, jumping 35% to 99,146 in 1981, the latest year for which the Justice Department has figures. (Justice calculated its number on a 56% rate...
...strong chance of defeating it. The prospect so worried New Mexico Republican Pete Domenici, head of the Senate conferees, that at week's end he backed away from putting the compromise in final form and instead scheduled further meetings with House conferees to consider changes that might lessen White House opposition...