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...this was possible only in the Soviet Union. The book was not yet available because I had not released it, but people stated quite loudly that this was a disgusting, imperialist, revolting, loathsome book, etc. It wasn't possible to check what was being said, because people couldn't obtain the book...
While the easy availability of firearms in the U.S. has helped produce an epidemic of violent deaths, the affliction is not uniquely American. Last week in the French village of Luxiol, near the Swiss border, a farmer with a history of mental illness managed to obtain a hunting gun and went on a shooting spree that lasted 30 minutes. When the rampage was over, Christian Dornier, 31, had murdered 14 people, including his mother and sister, and wounded his father and eight others...
Welfare should be structured so as to encourage aid-dependent persons to become self-sufficient citizens, for both adults and youths to obtain vocational and educational instruction which would free them from the cycle of poverty...
...abortion that they would never support candidates who favor it regardless of their stands on other issues. But that hard core of pro-life sentiment is slightly outnumbered by the 32% who say they would never vote for an office-seeker who advocates restricting a woman's right to obtain an abortion. The poll also found that 57% do not believe that the court should overturn its ruling in Roe, while 61% disagree with the decision in the Webster case. Only 31% favor new state laws restricting access to abortion, while 57% oppose such limitations...
...assets might grow in response to the need to make large interest payments. In raising the stakes, Paramount acknowledged that its takeover proposal is conditional to, among other things, Time calling off its acquisition of Warner and rescinding the share exchange already executed and on Paramount's ability to obtain adequate financing. To cover the cost of acquiring Time's stock and meet merger-related expenses, Paramount said it expects to secure $14 billion in bank loans and raise $1.6 billion through the sale of high-interest junk bonds...