Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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None of them, except Clemente, would probably rate in a Boston all-star memory list. But in Pittsburgh, these names have become enthroned. Relief pitcher Face and reserve catcher smith, probably more distinguished as rotten singers than great players, made a record entitled "Two Bucs at the Holiday House," and seventh-grade girls throughout Western Pennsylvania begged their fathers for a chance to listen to those two crackling voices...
...programs have previously been whipped to the sidelines, has been enormously helped by the Capitol Hill diplomacy of Treasury Secretary John Connally. Last week, while testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, Connally cannily gave his blessing to several "reasonable" changes drafted by the House, including more tax relief for low-income families. He also accepted a House measure raising the standard rate of proposed investment tax credit from 5% to 7%. In order to give the economy a greater initial spurt, however, he asked the Senate to restore a House-cut premium rate of 10% for capital goods bought during...
...Sigh of Relief. However disappointed he is in the Saigon election charade, Nixon is apparently not going to change course. In November he is expected to announce a stepped-up withdrawal rate that will bring the U.S. involvement down from 213,900 troops now present to a residual force of about 40,000 by next spring. The men who remain will be mostly logistical troops and Air Force personnel. At that level, Administration leaders contend, the war will no longer be a big issue in U.S. politics. "No one will get worked up about it any more," argues one State...
While some workers may have benefited from their opportunity to batter surrogate employers or fellow employees, not all Japanese mental health experts agree that the self-control room is a good idea. Dr. Akira Omi, director of Tokyo's Comprehensive Health Care Institute, believes that such relief from tension is only temporary and could generate more, rather than less tension among workers. "The important thing for us is to start our cure from a more basic level," he says, perhaps by giving workers more leisure time at home. Of prime importance is the easing of what Omi calls Japan...
...phone rang in the office of Walter Schwilden. an editor at Brussels' Le Soir. The caller identified himself as Till Eulenspiegel, the legendary German counterpart of Robin Hood. Till declared that he wanted nothing for himself. He demanded a ransom of $4,000,000, paid to a relief organization for East Pakistan refugees...