Word: personalized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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William N. Thompson's suggestion is both callous and incorrect. A few years ago, early retirement was pushed as a solution for unemployment. An unemployed young person is also costly to society. The culprit is inflation. When our Government balances the budget, inflation can be brought under control and hard-earned pensions can be enjoyed by retirees...
There is only one person who comes close to being what Kennedy's brothers were to him. That is his brother-in-law Stephen Smith...
...serving, but he soon raised a point that he rarely discusses. "Because I'm ready now," he said, looking straight ahead. "I've made my own record. I'm a man of the Senate, and I can be judged on that." He explained that it was important to him personally that he put some distance between himself and his brothers. "I'm proud of them, obviously," he said, "but I don't want nostalgia to be a part of this thing. Now the criticism will be aimed at me." He seemed pleased at that, sure of his own thought. Said...
...Kennedy, in a speech at Washington's Georgetown University, complained that the Carter Administration's proffered $7 million in aid was inadequate to prevent starvation in Cambodia. The White House, however, had already called in TV cameras for a statement that President Carter would deliver in person less than two hours after Kennedy spoke: the Administration had rounded up not $7 million but $69 million to avert famine in that Southeast...
Bishop is the third person to walk that road in the U.S. since 1967.* According to the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, 550 men and six women in 28 states now remain on death rows. Who may die next is uncertain, since none of the cases has yet exhausted its appeals. But opponents of the death penalty have little doubt that others will soon be executed, and that, though Bishop's case is unusual, his demise further hurts their cause. ''Each execution makes it easier to kill the next time,'' says former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey...