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...introduce their own job-creation legislation during the three-week lame-duck session. O'Neill anticipates bringing up a bill to construct more public housing and subsidize mortgages, and a proposal to plump up public repair and maintenance jobs. But given the President's determination to steer clear of conventional remedies for unemployment, even O'Neill's aides refer to the bills as "veto bait...
...there's a Horatio Alger on the Harvard football, program, then it's Jim Garvey. Before being recognized as one of the squad's most talented and versatile performers, Garvey had to steer his way around several obstacles. Seeing very little playing time through the beginning of his junior year, Garvey spent most of his time working with the demo squad and watching the events of a game from the sidelines...
...astronauts may spend as much as a year dealing with one particular system, each man tends to develop an area or two of expertise Hoffman has written a training manual on the Orbital Maneuvering System, which is one component of a complex guidance system that helps to control and steer the shuttle in orbit...
...cataloguers' computers can make alphabet soup of a simple order. Most expensive things from jewelry and furs to high-style fabrics and all fitted clothing demand personal, tactile, in-store selection. There are still some salesclerks around who can advise customers, lead them to real bargains or steer them away from lemons. Big-ticket appliances like refrigerators and air conditioners can often be bought less expensively at a local store than through a catalogue...
...ranchers are dependent on federal land because private land is overgrazed. The reason for the dependency is the patchwork nature of real estate ownership in the West. Ranchers need the public areas to tie the scattered tracts of private land together. There is no profit in overgrazing. If a steer has to walk 100 yds. to get a mouthful, he isn't going to get fat. My family has been on the same ranch for 93 years. If we had abused the land, we would have had to move long...