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My position is not one of claiming that the British NHS is a perfect institution. It suffers indeed both from problems and limitations. Yet aside from these. I believe that comprehensive health care can work successfully and, moreover, serves as a cornerstone in the more caring society which the welfare...

Author: By Suzanne Franks, | Title: The British Plan for Health | 11/22/1978 | See Source »

In Mississippi, voters finally eliminated from their state constitution a provision prohibiting anyone who engages in a duel from holding public office or voting. Also struck down in the tide of 20th century progress were requirements that the state librarian be a woman and that railroads be routed through a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Repatriated Duelers | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

This is a George Wallace-style "send a message to Washington" proposal. It would prohibit assignment of students to any public school on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin. But since this would be merely a state provision, and the federal courts have jurisdiction (as in the...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Answers to the Ballot Questions | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

This would allow the legislature to assess at different rates two types of land: privately-owned recreation land, and land left in its natural state. The legislature presently has this power regarding agricultural and wild or forest land. It's too bad the "natural state" provision is mixed in with...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Answers to the Ballot Questions | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

The President offered one other provision to encourage the cooperation of business leaders: a reduction in unnecessary federal regulations that add to company costs. He cited his deregulation of the airline industry as an example. Yet he did not by any means promise total freedom from Government supervision. "Where regulations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: War on Inflation: Stage II | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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