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Legal Appeals. Earlier in the tangled procedure, the Senate had adopted by a decisive margin a far milder antibusing amendment proposed by Republican Leader Hugh Scott and Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield. Offered primarily to stave off the harsh Griffin measure, and to close out the possibility of a constitutional amendment banning busing, it was supported by a number of civil rights liberals. The amendment prevents the use of any federal funds for racial busing unless local school districts request the money-but it would not affect court orders requiring districts to bus. The amendment also delays the execution...
Cross-countrymen avoid plunging down the steep, icy slopes beloved by downhillers; their narrow skis do not provide as much control as alpine models. Milder inclines are no problem, however, and climbing is easier because of special waxes...
...Japan and Western Europe. For his part, Trudeau has turned aside suggestions from the opposition New Democratic Party that Ottawa slap a retaliatory export tax on natural gas, oil and minerals needed in the U.S., or restrict dividend payments to U.S. parent companies. He has settled on a milder response: a bill, passed by Parliament two weeks ago, setting up an $80 million kitty to aid hard-hit firms in maintaining their employment rolls. The danger is that if Canadian companies use that money to cut their export prices, Washington must by law retaliate with countervailing duties-which in turn...
...large number of female members, and thus more prone to bring about the collapse of a corporation's tribal structure-namely, a strike. The longest and bitterest strikes involve the all-male tribes in mines, docks and factories, whereas strikes of female-dominated white-collar tribes are milder...
...Nixon Administration has a task force at work on a version of pension reform that is milder than Javits' bill. But business opposition and the immense complexity of the subject could well forestall passage of any bill this year. 1972 could be a different matter. Few legislators would want to vote against safer pensions in an election year, and popular interest might well soar as rapidly as it did for Medicare. The most compelling case for reform was summed up by Senator Javits: "It is a rare thing to find a major American institution-private pension plans -built upon...