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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hope Britain will not follow that peculiar Americanism known as affirmative action, in order to help immigrants. Such programs exacerbate a feeling of resentment among the majority population and can only exacerbate the immigrants' inferiority complex. Sean O' Sullivan East Peckham, England...
...industrial nations. The U.S., he says, is discouraging trade and capital formation, while other countries are doing the opposite. That is an idea whose time has come, at least among the experts: even many liberal economists now believe that Government regulation should be eased and tax policies changed in order to stimulate investment...
...crucial part - told by lawyers for Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two own ers of the celebrated disco. They are under indictment for tax evasion, and Schrager has also been charged with possession of cocaine. The White House has accused them of concocting false charges against Jordan in order to bargain for leniency. Landau, who said he had met Jordan at various receptions and dinners, has no such obvious ax to grind, though he is a crony of Rubell's. Said he, in a sworn statement given...
They seem adrift on a lazy summer outing, but Activists Bella Abzug and Gloria Steinem are actually firing some shots across someone else's bow. The two rented a rowboat in New York City's Central Park in order to dramatize, according to Mrs. Abzug, the fact "that while President Carter was showboating on the Mississippi, Americans were left up the creek in the fight against rising prices." To itemize that metaphor, the two sailors paid only $3 for their trip, while the presidential excursion cost several thousand. The pair also launched a new political organization called Women...
...lack of satisfactory living conditions in the rough territory has contributed to a debilitating rate of turnover, more than 50% a year. This adds enormously to the cost of training programs that Ludwig's managers must conduct in order to acquaint the largely backwoods work force with modern machines...