Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...take positions on all the pressing issues of 1968-from slums and fiscal policy at home to Viet Nam and U.S. policies elsewhere in the world. They will have an unrivaled opportunity to engage in a thoughtful, thoroughgoing discussion of Republican alternatives-and at the G.O.P.'s highest level. Their dialogue should stimulate the party. It may also provide the nation with the new perspectives it urgently needs...
...Washington's Population Reference Bureau: "There is a growing realization on the part of younger couples in America that rearing children in this complicated and expensive world presents big problems." Among those cited by Cook: "Rising costs of living, increasing competition for education, especially at the college level...
...WELFARE. There should be uniform national standards of assistance to en sure that each American family has an annual income at least as high as the poverty level of $3,335. The Federal Government should bear a minimum of 90% of all welfare costs. Families should receive assistance as soon as they move into a new area, without waiting to meet residence requirements. As a long-range goal, the Federal Government should "develop a national system of income supplementation...
...attend a meeting of Warsaw Pact countries in Sofia. Even if the Rumanians finally decide to go, Ceausescu's decision to pull out of last week's meeting left the Kremlin in a quandary. Though it now has no serious opposition to its plans for a top-level meeting, it also has less to gain than ever if it occurs. Once intent on isolating Maoism at a summit meeting, Soviet Marxists now stand in increasing danger of isolating only themselves-from a growing number of third parties that are tired of taking orders from Moscow. Since many national...
Permitting some local independence will not threaten the ultimate power of the central authorities. By giving low-level cadre and involved peasants a sense of participation, decentralization identifies them more closely with the regime. Among a populace traditionally powerless, a little authority goes a long way in this direction...