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While these criticisms sully the appearance of the consumer movement's brainchild, they do not prove that it is totally without merit. It may be difficult to determine in all cases what the consumer interest is, but it is better to represent consumers imprecisely than not at all. On the big questions--nuclear power plant siting, saccharin in foods, fluoride in the water--consumers are adequately represented. Newspapers publicize these issues, consumer groups agitate over them, and concerned citizens write their congressmen about them. But on the regulations that escape public attention--regulations determining the width of crib slats...
...decriminalization bill is the nominal brainchild of State Reps. John E. Murphy Jr. and Francis W. Hatch Jr. '46. While similar versions of the bill have been submitted to the legislature in the past, Hatch readily acknowledges the debt that his co-sponsor and he owe to the pioneering Oregon law. "We swiped the traffic ticket approach," Hatsh says, adding "it really doesn't hurt to plagiarize. If another state has an intelligent approach to the problem, you have all the preliminary work done. If you have a roughly similar bill, the experience of that state is directly applicable...
...brainchild of Robin A. Charo '79 and James G. Kahn '79, Brew serves up heapin' helpings of coffee, tea, cider, lemonade, homebaked cake, bread and music every Sunday through Thursday night. The doors to the small, well-lit room open at 8:30 p.m. and close at 11:30 p.m., time enough to down an inexpensive (30 cents), generous (9 ounce) mug of coffee, wander onto the terrace overlooking the Hilles courtyard, or borrow a Monopoly, Backgammon or Chess set from the counter for a game with friends. Different performers appear every night--a show from...
Nuestro (Ours) is the brainchild of Graphics Executive Daniel Lopez, 36. For nine years, he dreamed of creating a journal that would give voice to the "common joys, agonies and aspirations" of the 12 million Cubans, Puerto Ricans and Chicanos now living in the U.S. The son of a Mexican-born Chicago steelworker, Lopez won a scholarship to the University of Chicago, did graduate work at George Washington University, and spent 13 years as an ad salesman, printing executive and manager for a graphics firm. In 1972 he launched an embryo magazine company-initial assets...
...Augusta National was the brainchild of the late Bobby Jones, and the Masters pays homage to his memory...