Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Pont, whose provocative ideas about fundamental change in Social Security and abolition of farm subsidies failed to attract much voter support, announced his withdrawal in a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware. The heir to the chemical-company fortune finished fifth in Iowa and fourth in New Hampshire...
Jokes with a social conscience--at least that's the aim of Comedy Night, when several performers will take the stage at Sanders Theater tonight to raise money for Harvard social service groups...
...Department may make the American census, in which officials estimate more than 1.4 percent of the 1980 population was either most or undercounted, a more exact process, and in doing so, these researchers may affect the way congressional disticts are determined and the process by which federal funds for social services are allocated...
...extra $60,000 raised would supplement the council's grants and social budgets, two things that contribute to the quality of student life. Student groups, especially those that have difficulty raising money in other ways, are worth the effort and increased funds. And Harvard social life certainly needs resurrection...
...council has abdicated its duty as the students' representative and become a mere social service agency at a cost to students of $20,000 a year. If the council wishes to justify this expense, it must expand its role beyond the glorified party DJ it currently is to voice student views--views it did not seek in doubling its fees. People will not take the council seriously until it takes itself seriously. As the council takes the significant move of doubling its fees, it must prove that an increase is justified, by taking student concerns seriously and acting upon them...