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More recently, Paul Blanshard's "Protestants and Others United for the Separation of Church and State" had as its agenda the rollback of the alleged Catholic takeover of the American (nee Protestant) system including the public schools; through lectures and a best-selling book The People's Padre, ex-priest Emmett McLoughlin exposed contemporary Romish abuses to the delight of many...
...Administration claims that in the six months through last January, Sears increased prices at an annual pace of 4.2%, well over the 3.2% allowed it by COWPS. The rollback is designed to bring the company into line with the Government's guidepost for the year and feed back to the public any "excess" profits. About 20% of Sears' business is catalogue sales, and the company will automatically send refunds to any customers who mail in too much money. Sears also will make "selective'' price reductions in its stores...
...have three possible options," Kilbridge said yesterday. "The first is to proceed with the original plan and evict on June 1. The second is to rollback the eviction dates, and the third, which is a corollary of the second, is to take over the building gradually, beginning with the basement," he said...
Tenants suggested both the possible rollback of the eviction date and the use of the connected cellars of 7 Sumner and 3 Sumner for office or storage space...
Indeed, the antitax spirit often seemed strong even where measures were technically defeated. Michigan voters refused to okay a 50% rollback in property levies, but approved a modest limit on state spending. Tax relief failed in Oregon, but only because voters split their support almost equally between two anti-tax amendments; as a result, neither polled the simple majority required for passage. Only in Nebraska, Colorado and Maryland were antitax and spending proposals clearly rejected...