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...outcome of the election, the future course of Greece's economy is not encouraging. If Rallis and his New Democracy party are returned to power, the government will have to take unpopular measures to reduce inflation. Moreover, many sectors of the economy suffer from long years of neglect and unrealistic pricing. The phone service, for example, is primitive because politically popular low prices (1.6? for a local call) have made it impossible to raise money to modernize telecommunications facilities. But if Papandreou and PASOK become the country's new rulers and start a massive program of nationalizations, Greece...
...Griggs was also struck by the poor conditions he encountered as he traveled to U.S. bases across West Germany. Says Griggs: "There is a great deal of concern here that the situation could possibly undermine morale and thus military preparedness. It is an appalling story of decay and neglect...
These frightening deficiencies are the result of a decade of neglect, following the winding down of the debilitating U.S. involvement in Viet Nam. Increases in military spending fell below the rate of inflation from 1969 through '77, and nosed upward in real terms only slightly thereafter. This erosion of the nation's ability to defend itself was, in a way, a bipartisan policy that began with Richard Nixon, who boasted that he was the first President in 20 years to devote a greater share of the national budget to social programs than to defense. Gerald Ford proposed some modest increases...
...despite its impact, menstrual distress rarely has stirred medical interest. Some attribute the neglect to sexist bias by a male-dominated medical Establishment. Says Family Practitioner Penny Budoff of the State University of New York at Stony Brook: "Many physicians act as if pain is women's due and getting rid of it is almost sacrilegious." A more basic reason may be that doctors have been unable to explain the link between a bewildering array of physical and psychological problems and a normal physiological event. As a result, women have been urged to cope as best they can with...
...idea that parents accused of child neglect or abuse may not receive an attorney's assistance [June 15] is frightening. Such cases are frequently filed by well-intentioned but overeager social workers. One person's abuse can often be another's discipline. In many cases, the only things protecting parental rights are a zealous attorney and a judge's common sense. I'd hate to have to rely on only one of those protections...