Word: rea
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When the White House speechwriters crafted Ronald Rea gan's Christmas message, they tried desperately to get away from Charles Dickens' hoary label for any era: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." But they failed, drawn again to that time-worn language to describe the maddening contradictions of the world today. And indeed, Dickens' words may be especially apt for 1982, a year with no poetry in its sound, no numerical magic. It is a year that a number of scholars and statesmen are already predicting will be momentous...
...surprise that when he be came President, Rea gan again went for the kill: he proposed zero funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the independent federal agency that provides 85% of the money spent by legal services groups across the U.S. But last week his nemesis once more ducked the federal blow. Acting on a bill that had already passed the House, the Senate cleared the way for continued fed eral support of legal services, although it cut 1982 funding by 25% to $241 million...
...that is done properly, Rea gan and Weinberger have a once-in-a-generation chance to forge a lasting consensus for a forceful military policy. For the first time since the early 1960s, no voices of any political consequence are calling for substantially lower defense expenditures; most of the arguments are about how much more to spend, and especially for what. But the opportunity could all too easily be missed. One word used with monotonous regularity in the Pentagon and Congress to describe the present consensus for military spending is "fragile." Congress and the nation will strongly support increased military...
...Carey has a divorce problem. He is forbidden to take Communion because he is married to a divorced wom an, glamorous Greek Orthodox Million aire Evangeline Gouletas, who has now been married four times. His church does not recognize divorce at all. Her church does recognize divorce, for numerous rea sons, but allows only two per person...
Last year only 18% of those who bought new homes were first-time owners, less than half the level of 1977. The rea son: sky-high mortgage rates...