Word: scrapped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...interest in the public good. If the lower class does not care about the future, he writes, then it will be immune to the deterrent factors of crime control and will riot and steal simply because the self-interest of the culture dictates such actions. Banfield tells us to scrap plans to build better schools or houses, or allocate more welfare for the lower classes, because lower-class culture can't be changed by wasteful alterations in society or environments, no matter how large-scale. Possibly, one way we can change the effects of lower class culture, Banfield postulates...
...unlikely that some voters may be swayed in Wyman's direction. The newspaper has repeated New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thompson's analysis in an editorial saying that there is, "a clear distinction between a candidate (Wyman) who believes in the free enterprise system and one (Durkin) who would scrap that for nationalistic programs in a socialistic philosophy." Loeb (for Loeb dictates the Union Leader's editorial policy) also charges that Durkin is an advocate of socialized medicine, and an admirer of the Soviet Union...
Last week the wounded environmentalists lamely struggled to explain their polluted portfolios. Argued E.D.F.'s Berkeley director, Tom Graff: "We can't invest in companies doing environmentally beneficial things, companies in solar energy or scrap iron, for example. If we did, it would look like we were promoting our economic interest when we took a stand on an issue." Added Colburn Wilbur, executive secretary of the Sierra Club Foundation: "Every time we drive, fly or eat we are helping the polluters. We don't have a pure investment portfolio. I don't think we could...
...vowed a court fight to get a fair return. As USRA'S offer stands now, the entire Penn Central system, with an estimated market worth of $7.4 billion, would be valued for the takeover at $471 million-or what it would sell for if it were turned into scrap...
...little interest in the public good. If the lower class does not care about the future then it will be immune to the deterrent factors of crime control and will riot and steal simply because the self-interest of its culture dictates such actions. Banfield tells us to scrap plans to build better schools or houses, or allocate more welfare for the lower classes because lower-class culture can't be changed by wasteful alterations in society or environment, no matter how large-scale. Possibly one way we can change the effects of lower-class culture, Banfield postulates...