Word: presentational
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Regarding the issue of how many people may be infected: A question was asked "Is it conceivable that 50 million Americans may be infected in the next five to 10 years?" The answer was that it is conceivable but that at present there are too many uncertainties to chart the future course of infection...
...however, much skirting of the bounds of propriety, including a catty reference to Reagan's first wife, Jane Wyman, and a portrayal of Nancy as a chain-smoking lush by an actor in Adolfo-like drag. One White House aide thought the whole thing tasteless. Said he: "Some birthday present to his father...
...this institution had never been in trouble. If you have credibility, the credentials, you can get the money." Looking at the ledgers, he found that his predecessors had been covering shortfalls by reaching into the endowment, reducing it from a high of $14 million in 1968 down to the present $3 million. "There was no incentive to stop spending...
...Reagan administration has passed "the most expensive farm bill in history that does the least," Kelley says. She says that present farm policies are helping large "corporate" farmers more than they help the individual farmer. "We've subsidized corporate farming the most which has needed it the least," Kelley says...
...preoccupied with the stigma of "high-risk groups." In the face of the hysteria, the fears, the reactions and ramifications, the Festival of Life comes as a positive contribution--not trying to explain what has happened or reassure us about the future, but focusing our attention on the present, the reality of what we can do for people in need...