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...Government's concern for children begins early-with hospital care for premature babies. Other health and rehabilitation programs for youngsters are myriad. Government funds help provide day care for children of working mothers. Some 15 million schoolchildren, or one of every three in the nation, get a hot lunch every day, thanks to a program in which the U.S. pays one-fifth of the bill. Social security checks go each month to more than 1,500,000 orphaned children, while children disabled before reaching 18 may under certain circumstances receive Government payments for the rest of their lives. Such...
...myriad statues and monuments, Washington has seen fit to ignore the memory of 23 U.S. Presidents.* Perhaps the most remarkable omission is that of James Madison, author and sponsor of the Bill of Rights, chief architect of the U.S. Constitution, the fourth and one of the most erudite Chief Executives in the nation's history, whose name is today most celebrated by the Manhattan avenue that has become a synonym for advertising. Last week the House voted to make amends, authorized construction of a $75 million annex to the Library of Congress, to be named the James Madison Memorial...
Mystical Mechanisms. Optics still produce 40% of the company's revenues, but Perkin-Elmer has expanded vigorously into analytical instruments that serve the chemical industry in myriad ways. The company now derives more than half its sales from such mystical mechanisms as its $25,000 infrared spectrophotometer, a crucial tool in the development of synthetic fibers, and the $6,000 atomic absorption spectrophotometer, which almost instantly measures the amount of metal in a chemical sample. Lately, it has also branched into laser technology, produces the powerful gas lasers used in tracking missiles. For the U.S. space program, it makes...
While the personal experiences of the people working on the cover project gave them a special frame of reference, the serious matter of producing the story, of course, called for an intensive study of the facts, issues and arguments surrounding the bountiful production and myriad troubles of U.S. agriculture. It is a story full of meaning for both city and country...
...outdoor concerts, they got their answer. The people started arriving at noon, toting picnic baskets and blankets. By late afternoon, long processionals-young couples arm in arm, scruffy Villagers, knots of teen-agers in Bermuda shorts, families pushing baby carriages, businessmen with thermoses of martinis -were snaking down the myriad pathways emptying into the rolling green. When the orchestra finally sounded the first notes of the fanfare, there were 70,000 people in the Sheep Meadow -the largest audience for a musical event in the city's history. No one could quite believe it. "I hoped...