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...front end of a car. Known in automotive circles as a minivan, it was designed for people who want something smaller than a van make and bigger than a station wagon. Though comparatively squat nomads (more than a foot less in height than most vans) , it can carry a load of 1,200 lbs., only 100 lbs. less than standard models. If used to cart people, the minivan seats seven, one more than a typical station wagon...
According to county officials, an alarming rise in welfare costs, combined with a cutback in both federal and state aid, forced the move. "Our general-assistance case load had increased 55% during the past two years," says Dennis Hart, director of the county's social welfare department. "We had to find a way to do some screening of the people we were getting." The throwback has already spurred a lawsuit and a blast of criticism from Bannon Street residents, lawyers and sociologists. Says Harry Specht, dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley...
...those groups on the bench. Of Carter's 262 appointments, 15.3% were women, 14.5% were black and 6.1% were Hispanic. Jonathan Rose, an Assistant Attorney General, maintains that the country is paying for Carter's high percentages. "Some of those judges can't carry the load; some are weak in areas of the law," says Rose. "I'm not sure the aim of diversity is well served if quality is sacrificed at the same time...
...first house in seedy Camden, N.J. His brother George is angered by those "whorehouse" poems. Whitman responds, "I just did what I did because I did it-that's the whole secret." "You're as stubborn as hell," George says. "You are stubborner, Walt, than a load of bricks...
...hastily arranged bailout plan revealed the bankers' concern for the health of the U.S. financial system, which is straining under a troubling load of bad foreign and domestic loans. Said one participating lender: "We were motivated to do something out of self-interest. The more smoothly this thing is handled, the better...