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...line for overburdened debtors is bankruptcy court. In fiscal 1976, which ended June 30, the Supreme Court counted 211,348 U.S. personal bankruptcies-slightly less than the year before, but up 25% from 1974. One reason for the rise: bankruptcy is losing its old stigma in the Credit Society. Some consumer advocates actually promote bankruptcy as a way for debt-harried people to get a fresh start...
...myths that many feminists and statisticians would have one believe. For example, How does not suggest that women are invariably oppressed; in fact, the overriding impression the book gives is that most women in traditional spheres are content to be there, but that they are angered by the stigma attached to their situations, uneasy about the lack of job security, and fatalistic about the chances for advancement. As Suzy the beautician says: "The pay is lousy, the security is lousy, the benefits are lousy, the union is lousy--but it's nice here, isn't it? It's a happy...
DiCarlo and Kelly have always been on friendly terms with Dukakis, but their role in the scandal has injured the entire legislature, indirectly increasing Dukakis' strength. Harrington is embarassed because his two top underlings are involved. The entire legislature has the stigma of corruption. And Dukakis, with his unquestionable ethics, shines as the daily courtroom testimony causes the legislators' integrity to tarnish. Administration officials and key legislators either declined to comment on the case or weakly denied its significance...
DISCHARGES WITH STIGMA. The Ford commission placed the number of servicemen given less-than-honorable discharges solely for desertion or absence from their posts at 83,135. Of these, only 13,589 asked that their cases be reviewed; all but about 1,000 were given clemency discharges. To many of the antiwar veterans, that discharge carries a stigma they still want erased by a blanket amnesty. Lack of an honorable discharge often bars ex-servicemen from jobs, and generally deprives them of military pensions, Government medical aid and educational benefits...
Some critics of the present format argue that gambling in the U.S. should be handled as it is in Britain: strictly supervised by government agencies but managed entirely by private companies. Among other effects, this would remove the stigma from the states of frenetically pushing an activity that is distasteful to many and dangerous to some...