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...says U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner Arthur Flemming, it is "plodding, haphazard, and offers no guarantees of ever reaching completion." Besides, state ERAS will not change the more than 800 sections of the U.S. code that the commission identifies as sex biased. Most important, according to the commission's report, women are still far from equal under the law. As many of them see it, an Equal Rights Amendment is −based on the evidence in the 14 states that have tried it−the surest way to establish the principle...
Technology is not, however, as advanced in overcoming another obstacle to the increased use of nuclear power: the issue of waste disposal. Government and industry spokesmen have long maintained that safeguarding nuclear wastes, which may remain radioactive for millenniums, was a straightforward and easily solved engineering problem. A report to President Carter released last week by a task force representing 14 agencies asserts that the matter is more complex. Current knowledge is adequate only for choosing potential dumping sites for further examination, the group said, not for certifying them as safe. Contending that it is unnecessary for the Energy Department...
Last-week the Business Roundtable, whose members are the chief executives of some 190 of the nation's biggest corporations, issued its long-awaited report on regulation costs. The study, conducted by the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, was a significant measure of the actual financial impact of regulation as experienced by companies...
Burger King, with 2,500 outlets the second largest chain, plans to open about 350 new ones this year. Though Pillsbury does not report separate sales and profit figures for Burger King, analysts believe that the chain is expected to manage better than its rivals. A major reason: the chain was fastest in diversifying its menu. Besides hamburgers, it offered chicken, fish and ham-and-cheese sandwiches...
...pervasiveness of graymail is shown by a secrecy and disclosure subcommittee report last year that pointed out at least 30 cases that were never prosecuted to avoid further disclosure at a public trial. "People who are somehow connected with intelligence information have something like a license not only to kill, but to lie, steal, cheat and spy," testified former Deputy Solicitor General Philip Lacovara. "There is not very much that can be done about...