Word: appalachia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have two arms and two legs. The country has a lot of needs that it can't fill because it doesn't have the money or manpower, regardless of Reagan's budget cuts. What can we do? We can build and repair highways, clean up slums, tutor kids in Appalachia, take care of old people, feed people in Africa, man ice stations in Alaska, all sorts of things. There are a lot of good but dirty tasks out there that need fresh young bodies like ours...
Encouraged by the interest stirred and conscious of the criticism, the bishops' committee sought suggestions for the second draft of their work at hearings held from Wall Street to Appalachia. This week the committee, chaired by Archbishop Rembert Weakland of Milwaukee, is releasing a revised Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy. It is shorter than the first draft (about 40,000 words vs. more than 50,000), more tightly reasoned and more generous to opposing viewpoints. But it does not soften the tone or thrust of the bishops' main message. The new draft, like the first...
...appeal of the dishes transcends class and geographic boundaries. Dealers report brisk sales from Beverly Hills to Beverly, Mass. About 70% of them, though, are still found in rural communities, which often have bad television reception. In Appalachia, where for years hill folk put up towering antennas on top of houses or neighboring ridges, families are now buying basic $1,000 earth stations...
That exclamatory request, over the signature of an official of Salem College, a tiny liberal arts institution in the vertical world of Appalachia, was dispatched last February to the Soviet embassy in Washington. The letter, written at the direction of Ronald E. Ohl, president of the college, pointed out that Soviet-American relations "are not getting better" and asked that the embassy send some representatives to West Virginia to talk face to face...
Instead of using the money to make pre-college students as well as unemployed youths put in some time for Uncle Sam, the government should elevate it exclusively to remedying youth unemployment. Getting disadvantaged youths working for a year is a more urgent priority than funding a year in Appalachia for same future doctor or lawyer. Though philosophically sound, the national service idea should not be allowed to abscure a basic economic need...