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...poor today, amidst conspicuous American affluence, is to have many unmet wants. Welfare as an institution is nobody's panacea, especially those who live on it. But to talk of "the shame of the nation" ( News-week, Feb. 8) is merely to say, as liberals have always done, "well what can we do for them...

Author: By Katharine L. Day, | Title: Welfare: Keeping People Down | 3/10/1971 | See Source »

George McGovern does not present a panacea or cure-all. He is, however, the best hope we have...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: Politics McGovern Runs for President | 2/17/1971 | See Source »

...consensus of opinion was clearly that we really made a mistake letting women in without thinking about it more carefully," Van Dam said. "Right now I think women would not be a panacea for the Lampoon. I'm glad we're delaying the decision...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Lampoon Will Be Male Cnauvinist Until February, 1972 At Least | 10/23/1970 | See Source »

Obviously, Black Studies alone is not the panacea for black problems, but it can be part of the solution. At tempting to place Black Studies outside of this political perspective is evading the issue. The primary function of Black Studies programs should be to furnish an intelligentsia able to provide leadership at various cultural and political levels in the black community...

Author: By Lee A. Daniels, | Title: Black Studies Department Reflects a Decade of Change | 9/24/1970 | See Source »

...average hardhat. This is a supergypsy, Robert Eroica Dupea, scion of a musical family, gifted pianist and older brother of the easy riders of 1969. Indeed, the same studio that produced Easy Rider has manufactured an undrugged, mature version of that film, complete with central emblem: the road as panacea. But now, if something in the plot has thickened, something in the pulse has slowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Supergypsy | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

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