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Improvements in these areas are on the way. Congress has moved-albeit not very far-to tap the reservoir of talents the elderly have accumulated during their lives. It has approved $45 million for a variety of projects, including the Foster Grandparent Program, which pays oldsters for supervising dependent and neglected youngsters; $17.5 million for the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), which pays out-of-pocket expenses to 100,000 involved in such community activities as entertaining the handicapped and visiting homebound patients; and a skimpy $400,000 for the Senior Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), which reimburses some...
...advantage enjoyed by the Khmer Rouge is its apparent popularity among the general public, possibly because of relief and gratitude that the war is finally over. That reservoir of good will could quickly dry up, however, if the new rulers launch widespread reprisals or move quickly to create a harsh, regimented state. Addressing himself to these potential pitfalls, Khmer Rouge Politburo Member Chau Seng assured a Paris press conference last week that while "there will be some trials in Phnom-Penh, we will judge in a humane way." The new regime will in turn be judged-by its own citizens...
...back Maud-ling, a Tory heavyweight who negotiated for Britain's entry into the European Free Trade Area during the late 1950s and who narrowly lost the party leadership to Heath ten years ago. As Mrs. Thatcher explained, "It seemed to me quite absurd to have that great reservoir of experience there and not to use it. So I said, 'Reggie, will you join us again?' and he said, Td love to, my dear.' He was delighted...
Pinchot's propheev has been fulfilled. The nation's oil companies represent a valuable reservoir of technology and capital, but when they act together with the connivance of government, the companies wield economic power sufficient to present the use of American energy sources in a manner consistent with the national interest. The oil industry's opposition to coal liquefaction, cheap shale oil and the stretching of domestic oil supplies through methynol production has caused a tremendous waste of natural resources and a large scale misallocation of technology and capital...
Aviad Yafeh is an optimist. As party whip for Mapai, the foundation of the Rabin government, it is his duty to urge agreement on party issues. In the argumentative Knesset, this task requires an infinite reservoir of hope...