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...started out saying in principle I'm in favour of prepaid health care, but it certainly should be explored...One of the great things about this country is that we're big enough and rich enough so that we can be very pluralistic and we don't have to commit ourselves to one solution for anything. I think we ought to try a number of different approches...And if you personally don't like one way of health care, you have a number of options and the same for doctors...We may fall flat on our face in this state...
...made 150 arrests In doing so, they stopped and questioned more than 1,000 people, invoking Britain's 150-year-old Sus (for suspect) law. The statute allows the police to question and even detain random suspects if there is reason to believe they may be planning to commit a crime. Overuse of the Sus law is a frequent complaint, not only in Brixton but elsewhere in the country. Blacks are twice as likely as whites to be arrested under the law, and black community leaders in Brixton claim that harassment rates run far higher than that. In Brixton...
...report. A representative from the New York-based Casa El Salvador explained his fear to confirm publically the claims: "Of course we trust our sources--we and the FDR believe that a massacre probably occurred. But since it is so difficult to get more details, we are reluctant to commit ourselves and say 'This is exactly what happened.' We have to be cautious, to protect the little credibility that we have in the States...
...already concerned about President Reagan's endorsement of tax credits for private school tuition payments. They listened warily to the conclusions Coleman drew from a survey of 58,728 sophomores and seniors in 1,016 high schools. Public school sophomores appear twice as likely to disobey, fight or commit acts of vandalism in schools. Only a quarter of the public school sophomores said they spent more than five hours a week on homework, in contrast with nearly half in Catholic and other private schools...
...models, would increase the cost of every car by an estimated $100 to $150. Quips Keith Grain, publisher of Automotive News: "It's already got to the point where if a guy goes out to his garage, closes the door and turns on the engine to commit suicide, all he does is come out four hours later feeling much better...