Word: reines
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Battle Lines. The legislation was designed to lift the burden of the nation's welfare system from the states and bring it under tight rein by the Federal Government. Except for the notion of a guaranteed annual income, the measure contained proposals on which most Congressmen ultimately agreed. Among them: a 5% increase in Social Security benefits and the federalizing of the welfare programs for the aged, the blind and the disabled...
...reform movement within Orthodoxy, seeking complete freedom from state controls, is bound to further complicate the church's nervous relationship with the Soviet government. The new Patriarch must also deal with the state's Council on Religious Affairs, which is likely to keep a close rein on him. In the past, Pimen has accommodated himself to the state's needs, never deviating from official policy in public statements at home or abroad. The son of an office worker, he has risen steadily through the church hierarchy since entering a monastery at the age of 17. Knowledgeable observers...
...property damage in the tens of millions of dollars. One of the hardest hit was the Mississippi Delta town of Inverness (pop. 1,119), which suffered 90% destruction in its business area, the loss of nearly three-fourths of its residential dwellings and 18 deaths. TIME Correspondent Rich Rein toured stricken Inverness. Here is his report...
...would be interested to know whether you feel this is working towards real democracy, in the recognized sense of the word, or if you think you will have to hold a tight rein on the country for some time to come...
...precariously in the orbit of the University, the state capitol and downtown Madison. Three months ago, a small group of Mifflanders occupied four homes, paid no rent and refused to get out; later they declared the houses community property. They are still there, amid mounting controversy. TIME Correspondent Rich Rein toured the rhetorical barricades last week and reported...