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...Administration's rebuttal is that voting rights gains among blacks and reapportionment of state legislatures have given the poor greater political clout, making it less likely that legislatures will act harshly to lower current welfare and food stamp benefits. Political Scientist William K. Muir at the University of California in Berkeley agrees. "Thirty years ago, you had a political system rigged against the poor and the black. But by and large, that has been cured. It's very rare to see a diminution of the franchise once it has been obtained...
...invest up to $30 million in the Bulletin in the next four years "if labor will join hands and help." Some think it may be too late. "In the long run, it's not going to make any difference," says John Morton, a publishing analyst at John Muir...
...Betty B. Muir Atlanta...
Searching for sources, environmentalists customarily quote writers like Henry David Thoreau or John Muir. But these days the heads of organizations like the Audubon and Wilderness societies are resorting more and more to Dr. Johnson...
...slowest trailer. They forsake the beaches of Malibu and Carmel, the glamor of San Francisco and Bel Air. They leave behind the concession stands, theaters, and baseball diamonds and head for the mountains. They seek Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon--for the unmatched, glacier-carved grandeur of John Muir's "Range of Light...