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Stressing defense issues, Brown noted that Congress has consistently increased Carter's budget proposals. "Carter's had weapons systems jammed down his throat," Brown said adding that the president has shelved the B-1 bomber and neutron bomb programs...
...just not worth it," Arthur says. Only 21 years old, he isn't sure how much longer he wants to drive for a living. "I don't want to do it much more than another year. Now that there are more independent cabs out here, it's more cut-throat. Before you had a lot of guys working for companies on weigh-bill (wage). It's going to get to the point where they're gonna start losing cabs...
...Government buy every household a new economy car every two years. This would 1) revive the auto industry, 2) cut unemployment, 3) continue highway construction, 4) reduce imports and 5) stop the rush to push mass transportation down an unwilling public's throat...
...regards the AVF as an avenue for upward mobility by disadvantaged blacks. When he took office blacks made up 22.3% of the Army; now they constitute 29.2% (the national population is 12% black). Says one general: "He leans too hard on the race issue. He rams it down your throat." Retorts Alexander: "I am concerned about all soldiers in the Army and all will be treated equitably." Alexander got into shouting matches with Meyer's predecessor, General Bernard Rogers, over promotions and assignments. Rogers was reassigned in 1979 to Belgium as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO...
...bootees and hard hats. Wearing a respirator was a new experience for Chicago-based Correspondent Madeleine Nash, who went to dump sites in six states. Says she: "Breathing through those things is hard labor And even with one, sharp fumes cut through to create a slight burning in your throat." Mandatory rubber gloves made reporters' notes look more like toddlers' scrawls...