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...turned six; others say twelve or 14. Drafters are still grappling too with the question of a head of family who will not work. The program will probably eliminate cash assistance for the laggard, but not for the spouse or children. States and localities would be free to adjust to the federal program as they saw fit, either maintaining or reducing their own plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Welfare Reform: Act I | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

Conditions have been adverse for graduate students in specific fields--such as the humanities and physics--because the labor market has been unable to adjust rapidly to the level of supply, he added...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Labor Chief Discusses Job Outlook | 4/29/1977 | See Source »

...summer. Perhaps someday I will. But right now I know I would tire of the timeless hills and mountain brooks and would eventually wring the neck of a rooster that woke me on a sleepy Sunday. Summer camping never managed to accustom me to outhouses; I will never adjust to life without steaming baths. But when we drove to the bus stop, in a cranky Vega smelling strongly of Bessie, I had a little more faith in naive dreams and images of Paradise...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenen, | Title: A California Eden | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...smaller cars with better mileage. The tax-setting machinery would be complicated. First the Government would gauge actual nationwide gas consumption over a set period. This period could run until next Sept. 30, or it could be postponed until calendar year 1978 to give drivers more time to adjust their habits and possibly cut fuel consumption. At the end of the trial, statisticians would add up the amount of fuel actually consumed during the "base" period. Thereafter, the gas tax would be automatically increased by 50 at the end of any year in which total consumption rose more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Jimmy's Carrot-and-Stick Plan | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...captain Kevin O'Connell said yesterday he feels "ambivalent" about the new coach. Although the team will have to "adjust to someone it doesn't really know," he said Bernal will be an excellent coach...

Author: By Jaleh Poorooshasb, | Title: Bernal to Coach Swim Team, Has High Hopes for Harvard | 4/20/1977 | See Source »

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