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...been in such jeopardy. Last week the Committee on Economic and Education Opportunities sent a bill to the floor of the House that proposes replacing three federal nutrition programs for the poor-school lunches, a day-care nutrition program and Women, Infants, Children (WIC), which provides supplements to pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under five-with block grants to the states. The bill's drafters claim that it will save $6.7 billion over five years by reducing administrative costs. The states, they add, will be better able to ensure that the food goes only to those who qualify...
Retrenchment, however, seems to be precisely the idea. Conservatives contend that free food has done little to solve the problems plaguing the nation. "What does a hot school lunch offer to a 16-year-old girl who is pregnant?" asks Robert Rector, senior policy analyst for welfare issues at the Heritage Foundation. "What does a hot school lunch offer two 16-year-olds in D.C. who are shooting each other in the school halls with semiautomatic weapons? ... Go into any housing project and you don't see kids bent over with rickets. You see strong healthy young...
...Francis discovers Thomas' illegal operation, he offers to let him off the hook in return for a small favor: going to Exotica to talk to his favorite dancer, Christina (Mia Kirshner). She is the light to which all characters are attracted, including the club's owner Zoe (a very pregnant Arsinee Khanjian) and her ex-lover Eric (Elias Koteas), the club's deejay...
ROSEANNE is married...with child. Husband No. 3, her former bodyguard, Ben Thomas, got the bride pregnant through in-vitro fertilization. Their lively Nevada wedding last week was witnessed by 150 guests, who wore identifying wristbands instead of lapel stickers. To the relief of many, Roseanne did not sing Close...
...gave them a common enemy--the abortion issue was threatening to scatter and distract the G.O.P. Both the Roman Catholic Church and the National Right to Life Committee recently declared their opposition to the part of the Republican welfare bill that calls for cutting off aid to pregnant teens because they fear it will encourage abortions. ``There is a concern that it will increase the likelihood that poor women, including teen moms, may see few options besides aborting their child, particularly if there is a prohibition on increasing benefits for additional children born to women who are already welfare recipients...