Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under the new rules, scheduled to go into effect on March 3, a pregnant woman visiting a clinic that receives Title X family-planning funds can be counseled only on "the prenatal care and social services she needs for a healthy pregnancy," says Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services. The clinic cannot advise her about abortion, even if a medical condition such as heart disease makes pregnancy physically hazardous. In the Administration's view, these restrictions are not simply an expression of its philosophical objections to abortion but also carry out a provision in the Title...
Power and those it attracts are the subjects of Wolfe's novel. And Sherman McCoy is at the heart of it all--the axis of a limited world, the universe of social New York. The world where $1 million a year is barely enough income and the Co-op board has more control over your life than the police...
McCoy, as he reminds himself over and over, is The Master of the Universe. The top bond trader for a prestigious Wall Street firm, Sherman McCoy wears his invincibility in the form of cashmere overcoats and tailored suits. His Park Avenue apartment, and even his social-climbing wife, are all marks of his Master status...
...says she would support the upcoming meeting if members of student organizations in addition to the council and house committees were in attendance. "The Undergraduate Council is increasingly defining its role as a social organization," Ladin says. "There are other groups out there who have other interests...
...problem of violence in America is not founded in our gun laws," said Dexter Lehtinen, a Florida state senator. He said the prohibition on guns "is not a substitute for the fundamental social problem of violence...