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...produces the boom in the economy that Reagan hopes it will, it could be a major turning point in American politics." Putnam said, adding that "the cuts in social security, student loans and other programs as a result of the bill would all be forgiven by the American people...
...Putnam said that "if the bill doesn't promote a super boom in the economy. Reagan will be in serious political trouble--the Democrats will be in a good position to call the cut a 'rich man's bill,' and the American people will focus on all the services which have been...
Back in the war days the I.W.W.--in full boom throughout the west--had lined up Personville Mining Corporation's help. The help hadn't exactly been pampered. They used their new strength to demand the things they wanted. Old Elihu gave them what he had to give them and bided his time...
...main difficulty, most female attorneys agree, is that the boom in women law graduates has essentially come about since 1970, when women accounted for only 2.8% of the profession. Thus there has not been enough time to yield a sufficient pool of experienced practitioners. "You can't appoint women judges if you don't have a large number of women lawyers who are trained," says Carla Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Ford. Until 1977, only ten women had been named to the federal bench. During the Carter Administration, partly because of the establishment...
...excitement and ceremony surrounding the symphony are one more example of the Mozart boom; not since Mahler became a cult figure in the 1960s has a composer been as popular. On Broadway, Peter Shaffer's hit play Amadeus recently won five Tony Awards. Mozart last year led all composers in the number of new listings in the Schwann record catalogue, and record companies are assiduously exploring the nooks and crannies of the composer's output in search of further repertory-the oratorio La Betulia Liberata, for example, or the opera Mitridate, Re di Ponto, both written when Mozart...