Word: code
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Baby Patrick Fiorello Ginsburg has a most unusual code number. It is J64:Med23:G 13 and, in one man's brave new world, it will determine not only what Patrick eats and learns but also what his privileges and punishments will be (see BEHAVIOR, "Rx for Democracy...
...went into one old woman's apartment that had an inch-wide crack running the width of the ceiling. I tried to tell her that with rent control, she could force the landlord to abide by the housing code. She could make him fix the crack...
...disarray. The country ranks an embarrassing 20th in per capita income ($1,400 per year) among nations, trailing not only Japan but all of Western Europe's major industrial states. Italian workers are unhappy about low wages. Students complain about overcrowded universities. The country's penal code is outdated. Seven out of ten Italians polled recently in a public-opinion survey were disgusted enough to say that they were willing to vote temporary power to an "honest, energetic and disinterested" dictator. In moments of great frustration, traffic jams or trains that do not run on time, Italians...
Federal law is equally strict, and equally unenforceable. Chapter 73 of the Federal Code prohibits federal employees from even advocating the right to strike, but the antistrike laws are rarely invoked. "You can't jail thousands of workers," said a Post Office spokesman of last week's walkout. Indeed, most strike settlements contain provisions prohibiting the punishment of strikers. Nor, without stiffening worker resistance or running the risk of triggering a sympathy strike, can officials jail strike leaders...
Bergson called the question of responsibility to widely felt needs for change "essentially a political question." and accused the creators of the resolution of "trying to achieve essentially political aims in the guise of trying to formulate a code of conduct...