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...business. Many businessmen worry that the controls will hold prices down more than wages, and that profits will suffer as a result. That is the exact reverse of the anxiety expressed by labor leaders, who fear that the controls will restrict wages more than prices, and that profits will soar while workers are hurt...
Baha'i teachings rest on a foundation of unity: the oneness of God, though He is called by many names, and the essential unity of all religions. Baha'u'llah wrote: "All the Prophets of God abide in the same tabernacle, soar in the same heaven, are seated upon the same throne, utter the same speech, and proclaim the same Faith." The animating purpose of all the original teachings as they were lived and ennunciated by the Prophets was to promote the unity, harmony, and understanding oF mankind. To this end, all the Messages contain both spiritual and social parts...
...design (assisted here enormously by Carmen Dillon's art direction). Leo's venture with Marion into the city of Norfolk is splendidly observed: the pair enters narrow streets which criss-cross and flow with a sedate citizenry; Leo entertains himself in a spired cathedral whose height lets his feelings soar, unlike the staircase-bounded hall of Maudsley...
...more and more Americans turn on their faucets only to have heavily chlorinated and sometimes foaming water spill into their glasses, the sales of bottled water soar. In the past five years, home consumption has increased by more than 50%, and is still rising by a snappy 10% per year. But no overall set of governmental standards or regulations has emerged to ensure that bottled water is not simply tap water in disguise, or something no better...
...milder than Javits' bill. But business opposition and the immense complexity of the subject could well forestall passage of any bill this year. 1972 could be a different matter. Few legislators would want to vote against safer pensions in an election year, and popular interest might well soar as rapidly as it did for Medicare. The most compelling case for reform was summed up by Senator Javits: "It is a rare thing to find a major American institution-private pension plans -built upon human disappointment. We should be moved to act with determination to make that institution deliver upon...