Word: reform
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...absence of a threat of war, and with most pocketbooks reasonably well filled, those subjects are looming again as pre-eminent national concerns. Almost every day Califano is in the midst of the skirmishes on abortion, student loans, school desegregation, treatment of the handicapped, hospital costs, welfare reform, social security, smoking, drug control and dozens of other issues that touch the daily existence of every one of the 218 million people...
...Honduras, the President, General Juan Melgar, 48, took power in a barracks coup three years ago and has since run the country by decree. Last month Melgar announced that he would convene a constituent assembly in 1979 to "reform" the constitution. This could eventually lead to the election of a civilian President. It could also lead to the constitutional ratification of what Melgar seized by force...
...bills they are prepared to beg and bargain through Congress. But while they concentrated on a few items, other, often more crucial problems are totally neglected. Presidents traditionally shy away from very fundamental problems with entrenched interests on either side. Taking tough positions on divisive issues and proposing comprehensive reforms is more of a threat to their ruling coalition and reputation then is creating new programs or going along with incremental reform...
...multinational corporation--with no social responsibility. Such an attitude allows you to practice law with no concern for justice, or to pay your taxes and mow your suburban lawn with no concern for your life as part of a community. The Harvard that educated social and political reformers like Adams, Thoreau, FDR and Nader is getting its old veins clogged with rampant pre-professionalism. Harvard itself is not beyond reform; we all know our lives and educations here could be better...
...price war on domestic routes is prompted by several factors beyond merely trying to attract new customers. A new regulatory reform bill is now before Congress and stands a good chance of being enacted. Some airline executives fear that it could permit a flock of small, new airlines to enter the market. A number of the established carriers believe that one way to counter such legislation is to prove, by cutting prices, that they really are competing against one another...