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SINCE ITS INCEPTION in 1957, the United States Commission on Civil Rights has been an outspoken monitor of federal civil rights policy and agencies. Until Ronald Reagan stepped into the picture, its activities were characterized by fierce independence from partisan congressional and executive pressure alike. Reagan first challenged historical precedent in 1981 when he replaced then-chairman Fleming with present chairman of the Commission Clarence A. Pendleton. Then, in October 1983, he tried to fire three commissioners who opposed his position on civil rights. The Commission had weathered six Presidents before Reagan became the first to fire a commissioner. Today...
...everyone, however, saw only good times ahead. In a leaked memo, Martin Feldstein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, urged President Reagan to call for a $50 billion tax increase in the budget that he will present to Congress later this month. An outspoken opponent of runaway deficits, Feldstein warned that without new taxes the federal shortfall will be "at least $170 billion in every year between now and 1989." He said later: "The economy is very strong...
...Nobel Prize for his studies of polarized light that paved the way for the development of the laser; in Bandol, France. Kastler was drawn to the study of light ever since becoming impressed as a child by a solar eclipse. A self-effacing scientist with outspoken political views, he was a pacifist who strongly opposed nuclear weapons and the war in Viet...
Increasingly, John Paul's pontificate appeared to be summed up by this phrase from a speech he gave to Indians in Guatemala: "No more divorce between faith and life." He continued to be outspoken in his opposition to Marxist-influenced liberation theology, contending that political preaching must reject violence and be rooted in Christian teaching. The Pope demanded human rights and justice from governments of the left, Poland and Nicaragua, as well as the right, Guatemala and the Philippines...
...that Yasser Arafat's presence is causing death and destruction in Tripoli [Dec. 5], where are all those voices of conscience that were so outspoken about the tragedy in 1982 at the Shatila and Sabra refugee camps? We should have continuous TV coverage, Security Council resolutions and Vatican statements condemning the violence in Tripoli instead of the condoning silence...