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...Soviet Union, where contraceptives are both unpopular and hard to obtain, the average woman has six abortions in her lifetime. In Kenya, where a man's wealth is often measured by the number of his children, the average woman bears eight children. In Mexico City, where herbal abortifacients are sold in markets, four out of five beds in the Woman's Hospital are filled by women suffering complications after illegal abortions. In Italy, where abortion has been legal since 1978, Pope John Paul II condemns even contraception, fueling fierce political debate...
With tonight's inter-league trading deadline just hours away, rumors continued to circulate early this morning that the Boston Red Sox would obtain a catcher from one of several National League clubs...
...postwar business dynamo, Japan shows that a large and complex society can function smoothly in a tumultuous world environment if people are willing to make some compromises in order to obtain larger objectives. Though the way Japan manages its affairs is, in many respects, the unique outgrowth of the country's historical experience, certain of its lessons can be applied in industrial economies everywhere, and particularly...
...back drastically on such student loans. Its motto is: "Families and students-not the Federal Government-should be the first source of funds for education expenses." Its goal: to tighten standards of loan eligibility and require larger family contributions to college costs. Under present law, any student can obtain an annual loan of up to $2,500 for four undergraduate years (plus $5,000 for a year of grad school). Parents can borrow an additional $3,000 to help foot college bills that at schools like Harvard, M.I.T. and Stanford next fall will exceed $10,000 per annum. Currently...
...tried to obtain a social center "time and time again, but some roadblock has always come up," Thomas J. McDonnell, president of the GSC, said this week, adding that graduate students need a central gathering place because of the decentralized structure of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS...