Word: socialized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...approved draft of the manifesto proposes a cut in income tax but a new "wealth tax" on the affluent, increased spending on health and social services, a proportional reduction in defense outlays, and an end to the power of the House of Lords, which is overwhelmingly Tory, to delay legislation...
...pervert that did it, and inflation is the weapon of coercion." Inflation, he warns, will get totally out of control and lead to an economic smashup. "The juggernaut is headed for the precipice," he declares in his book. When it reaches the brink, he says, the banks will collapse, Social Security will be worthless, the machinery of Government will break down, and the cities will become chaotic...
...OPEN MEETING with students last week, President Bok told his audience, "If you want to effect social change, either join a church group or buy your own stock." The Coalition for Action and Awareness, formed by representatives of ten student groups, has answered by calling for a student boycott of classes Monday, April...
...Fuentes' past works, characters serve as allegories for social classes and periods in Mexican history. The same holds true in The Hydra Head. Timon and Ayub represent Arab competition with Mexico in the oil market. Their opposition to the president stems from Mexico's refusal to join OPEC. The director and Bernstein stand for Mexico's business sector's desire to gain control of government policy-making concerning oil. In the middle, the confused Maldonado, with his changing faces and indecisiveness, symbolizes Mexico. Fuentes makes him a converted Jew both to emphasize his transformations and his antipathy towards the Arab...
...both the academic and the CIA. The former's academic integrity can be insidiously compromised by the CIA feeding information to him selectively so that any prejudices are reinforced and events become distorted in his interpretation. It is arguable for example that the ideology of certain professors in the social sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has tilted to the right as a result of CIA sponsorship and involvement. Much of the information supplied can come only from intelligence sources and its academic recipient can be manipulated by the agency in the same way as a journalist is controlled...