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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Loan Association office in West Los Angeles to have her first baby, in 1982, Lillian Garland figured she would simply take a short, unpaid disability leave and return to her job, a right guaranteed by state law. But there were complications. Garland's baby girl was delivered by Cesarean section, and her doctor prescribed a three-month leave. When she returned to Cal Fed, Garland found that her position had been filled. "I didn't know what to do," she says. Unemployed and unable to pay her $550-a-month rent, Garland was eventually evicted from her apartment...
...slogan, "Let justice reign and not social coldness." Social Democratic Leader Johannes Rau has hammered away at the obvious issues: the continued unemployment of 2.2 million workers, a government tax-reform proposal that would chiefly benefit the wealthy, and , cuts in social spending. Declares Rau: "I read the business section of the paper, and I see that we're doing great. But then I read my mail...
...focus on these questions of right and wrong, the editors have decided to create a new section of the magazine called Ethics. The section is being launched this week with a story on the bitter custody battle between the surrogate mother of New Jersey's Baby M. and the biological father and his wife...
...because our society and our technology have so increased the range of what is possible, whether it is prolonging life or profiting illicitly in the stock market. In some cases, ancient moral precepts address the problem; in others, wholly new ethical concepts may need to be forged. The new section will report on these vital moral struggles...
Ethics is the latest section that TIME has added to reflect changing trends and interests, including Health & Fitness (1985), Food (1984), Computers (1982) and Design (1981). The department will be overseen by Assistant Managing Editor John Elson, who has edited the Nation, World, Essay and Religion sections during his 30-year career at TIME. "When ethics is the heart of a matter of public concern, the story will run in this section," he explains. "But Ethics will never be a platform for any one point of view." The section will draw on editors, writers and reporter-researchers knowledgeable...