Word: reform
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...speech was studded with applause-catching lines, well tested in past Nixon appearances. In urging welfare reform, Nixon deplored any program "which makes it more profitable to go on welfare than to go to work." Taking credit for the U.S. disengagement from Viet Nam, he said that American prisoners of war "came home with their heads high, on their feet and not on their knees." Using the word peace no fewer than 27 times in 43 minutes, he was applauded six times for references to the nation's strength, honor or freedom, and nine times for optimistic predictions about...
...health insurance program that will largely depend upon the purchase of private group insurance by employers for their workers and will require no new taxes ("We must always make sure that our doctors will be working for their patients and not for the Federal Government"); and 2) a welfare-reform program that will rely heavily on a still-to-be-defined guarantee of a minimum income for all families. Nixon's only surprise was his statement that Middle East oil ministers plan to meet soon to consider lifting the embargo against exports to the U.S. Other U.S. officials confirmed...
Knack for Nailing. Pollack has been centrally involved at the commission in moves to reform the market system and protect investors. Instead of wasting resources trying to track down small-time securities sharpies, he has concentrated on nailing the big operators, and he has shown a knack for it that would be worthy of the fictional Inspector Maigret, another unprepossessing sleuth. He was active in or headed the SEC investigations that led to charges being filed against such celebrated operators as Lowell Birrell, Eddie Gilbert. Louis Wolfson, Robert Vesco and Bernard Cornfeld.*When tremendous pressure was brought...
...Arkansas Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) asked Princeton University this week to join its fight against Arkansas Power and Light's proposed 2800-megawatt coal-burning power plant near Pine Bluff...
...election commission came under attack from students and reform members of the Democratic City Committee last fall when it allegedly denied Harvard and MIT undergraduates the right to register as Cambridge voters...