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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although the House bill does not go far enough, it is at least a small step toward a complete overhaul of the welfare system toward the establishment of national standards for aiding the poor. We urge Long and the rest of the Senate, therefore, to reduce the inequalities of our current welfare system by passing the guaranteed minimum income bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Equal Treatment | 11/14/1979 | See Source »

...Central America Jose Simeon Canas. Inspired by the success of Nicaragua's revolution, both groups were convinced that the only way to prevent all-out "class warfare" was to end the corrupt military regime and, as an intellectual who helped plan Romero's ouster explained last week, overhaul the country's "antiquated economic, social and political structures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EL SALVADOR: A Coup Against Chaos | 10/29/1979 | See Source »

Dressed in somber gray suits and minus 25 Ibs. (thanks to a low-fat diet), he stressed pet schemes: overhaul the fiscal and monetary system, rebuild the cities, renew the space program, balance the federal budget, protect the environment, phase out nuclear energy. Says Brown: "The Democratic Party is headed for defeat in November unless it comes up with the answers for the decline in our economy, the decline of our technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: More of Less | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...vegetables and corn syrup and sweeteners has increased." Finally, the EPA supports many of its decisions with data supplied by the chemical industry itself--which obviously has an interest in pooh-poohing the dangers of its products. The EPA's program, Congress concludes, "is abysmal and needs a complete overhaul...

Author: By Leonard H. Shen, | Title: ...Another Man's Poison | 9/21/1979 | See Source »

...hydraulic accumulator and sometimes a distant cheer from students who get a cranky car started. Many entries are over in the repair section. Berkeley's yellow, gull-winged two-seater, with students draped all over its chassis, is splayed open like' a turkey awaiting stuffing."A little overhaul?" asks the car owner. "Overhaul, hell!" snaps a student mechanic. &"We're building it for the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Michigan: A New Fuels Paradise | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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