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...freshman who arrived at college to find a liberal atmosphere fostered by professors who make Tip O'Neill sound like Barry Goldwater. It is encouraging to know that I am not alone in my fight against teachers who insist that a liberal interpretation of facts is the only right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 6, 1982 | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...frightening noises whenever the other makes a move has stymied reform so far Liberals like to call Social Security the "third rail" of politics, because to touch it is to die. When Reagan asked for a lame-duck session of Congress to consider the Social Security problem, for example. Tip O'Neill and Ted Kennedy scored quick points by accusing Reagan of a "secret plan" to cripple Social Security...

Author: By David V. Thottungal, | Title: Playing the Numbers Game | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

...results, said an auditor, were "staggering." Robert S. Hancock, an official of the Air Logistics Center near Oklahoma City, said that in just the one year, Pratt & Whitney's "repricing" policy had cost the Government "something on the order of $140 million." He termed the findings "only the tip of the iceberg" and contended that Pratt & Whitney "has never learned how to control cost or operate efficiently...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Precious Parts | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

Following a tip from an informant, law-enforcement officials in the small Massachusetts port town of Fairhaven tailed a tractor-trailer to Mullen's wharf earlier this month. As they watched, a 71-ft. fishing boat called Tiki X unloaded its cargo: 30 tons of pot. By dawn's light, police had arrested 26 men; all were later charged with drug trafficking and conspiracy to violate state narcotics laws. The next morning, about 400 miles southeast of Cape Cod, a Coast Guard cutter intercepted the Biscayne Freeze, a 240-ft. freighter registered in Panama. After firing five rounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running Pot Where It's Not as Hot | 11/29/1982 | See Source »

...needs known by any means we could." As a hospital administrator, Fiske knew just where to turn. He telegraphed 500 pediatricians. He placed an appeal in a newsletter that reaches emergency room staffs in 1,000 hospitals. Then, with lobbying assistance from Senator Edward Kennedy, House Speaker Tip O'Neill and CBS Anchorman Dan Rather, all of whom he contacted, Fiske persuaded the American Academy of Pediatrics to allow him to make a plea before 1,000 academy members at their annual meeting in New York City. "I ask you to keep your eyes and ears open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Which Life Should Be Saved? | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

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