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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...government will offer low-income workers a onetime wage bonus. Following through on the rest of his program will depend heavily on the returns from those elections, when as many as 70% of the current legislators may be replaced. The question is whether the infusion of fresh blood will help Collor in his drive toward the First World -- or will erect new Third World roadblocks...
...humble origins of this "rags to purple" churchman should help him in reaching out to the alienated masses at a time when only 15% of English youngsters go to Sunday school, contrast to 50% in the 1950s, and when church attendance runs to a pitiful 2.4% of the populace. Carey himself was unchurched as a youth. Interviewed in June by the Church Times, he recalled, "I did not encounter living Christianity until I was 17 when, through my brother of 13, I went along to the local Anglican church, found the worship appallingly boring but the fellowship and preaching riveting...
Kuwait's ambassador appealed for American military help for his country but none was forthcoming, at least for the moment. Bush said, "We're not ruling any options in but we're not ruling any options...
...case, several pregnant women receiving Medicaid help challenged a new state regulation in which the state said it would not pay for abortions unless a woman's life was at risk. The case was first filed in 1975, when Souter was top deputy to Warren Rudman. Souter became attorney general in 1976 when Rudman went into private practice. Rudman, a Republican, was elected to the Senate...
There is no need for everyone to be scared away from Prozac, since it has proved safe and effective for many people. But some doctors fear that Prozac has been overprescribed. In the initial excitement after its introduction, the drug was given to patients to help them lose weight and stop smoking, despite a lack of solid evidence that it is effective for those purposes. The experience with Prozac underscores the truth about drugs in general: they all carry risks and should be used with care and restraint...