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...Fanatical Abortion Fight" [July 9], Congressman Henry Hyde is quoted as saying, "A constitutional right to want something doesn't mean the right to have the Government pay for it." Is Hyde aware of the federal money spent on children who were born but not wanted? Or of the federal money−my tax money−spent on children whose parents cannot support them...
Civiletti is also known as a man with neither political ambition nor a political following−and his loyalty to both Jimmy Carter and Griffin Bell, the man he will succeed, is unquestioned. Although the Civiletti appointment signals no shake-up at Justice, it may mean that criminal prosecutions will move more swiftly than under the easygoing Bell. Said Civiletti last week: "There is nothing more harmful to justice or the perception of justice than delay, red tape, unpreparedness." Civiletti is seeking ways to form task forces from the various divisions of the department (such as criminal, tax and antitrust...
...role in the economy. On the one hand, he shares the public's rising distrust of Washington-dictated solutions for inflation or energy. Yet his concrete policy proposals usually involve 1960s-style programs that require big spending and larger bureaucracy. Last week's energy program would mean two new bureaucracies and $141 billion more federal spending. And as the election approaches, Carter may be tempted to reach for even more Big Government solutions to prove his effectiveness and leadership ability. Said a Cabinet member: "The President has difficulty seeing the interrelationships of problems. He will master one subject...
...hottest room is no higher than 78°. Thus if the kitchen is no less than 78°, the dining rooms can be cooler. Supermarkets, too, can qualify for exceptions on the grounds that their perishable foods in open cases must be refrigerated; to raise the storewide temperature would mean having to increase the refrigeration, with little, if any, net energy conservation. Generally, it is not the thermostat in buildings that must be set at 78°; it is the recorded temperature in the warmest area of a centrally controlled set of rooms that must not be less than...
Missing his T-shirt and sporting a mean sunburn, the wise old bleacher philosopher ambled from his seat, still talking of his mastery of the sport, his control of the odds and his long history with the game...