Word: reach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cutting Edge. It is this determination to reach poverty's roots that makes the war against poverty so difficult an undertaking. Even so, the U.S. Government is officially committed to a long-term total effort that cuts across every federal department and involves every program that in any way relates to the environment that perpetuates poverty. Last week Health, Education and Welfare Secretary John Gardner created the new post of family-planning coordinator to give fresh impetus to birth-control programs-a field that the OEO has treated gingerly despite evidence that the poor have the most children...
...brought the poor more eviction notices than new apartments, and slum dwellers scornfully refer to urban renewal as "urban removal." While Washington lavishes $18 billion a year on a galaxy of welfare programs-to which state and local governments and private philanthropies add another $15 billion-only the crumbs reach the bottom of the heap...
They come in all sizes and shapes. Visors attach to the head via headbands or ribbons. Short versions just cover the eyes; full-face ones reach the mouth. Women like them because they keep hair in place, protect face from the sun and prying eyes. In fact, for the girl with a great figure but only passable face, they are an unbeatable combination. Let the men whistle: all they will see is the shadow of her smile...
...general tax boosts, raises only 48% of its government revenue through corporate and personal income taxes, as against 60% in the U.S. Rates, on the whole, are steeper than in the U.S. Britain's 40% corporate tax compares to 48% in the U.S., but personal income taxes reach 91% on all earnings above $36,400 v. a top of 70% on incomes above $100,000 in the U.S. Now, Britain has embraced deliberately discriminatory taxes to tinker with its troubled economy. That may well prove a high price to pay in order to placate foreign creditors without sacrificing prosperity...
Possible conflicts with Cambridge zoning restrictions may seriously delay construction of a new motel in Brattle Square. And it may never reach its proposed height of 23 stories...