Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...public service announcements one Saturday last November to the folks in the redwood country around Eureka, Calif., when he bumped, voice first, into a social phenomenon. He had just finished reading a message about single mothers who needed help in trying to re-enter the job market. The program, one of many for single mothers in Northern California, was sponsored by a group called Displaced Homemakers. Impulsively, McCarthy told his listeners: "I'm a displaced homemaker too. I'm a single father of two boys, and there should be something for single dads as well...
...Someone suggested, seriously, that since there were training bras, perhaps the drugstore carried a "starter kit" for the menstrual cycle. (Single dads tend to have unusually intimate conversations with their women friends.) The group finally threw itself on the mercy of a college girl volunteer in the "big sister" program...
After Reagan and López Portillo talk over their differences, the Administration will likely unveil another element of its new policy toward the region: a long-term program of both economic and military aid. The Administration plans to use trade concessions and private investment incentives to fight the region's poverty, which it believes only helps breed Communist subversion. The Reaganauts also make no secret of their intention to send arms into the area. As Thomas O. Enders, the Assistant Secretary of State-designate for Inter-American Affairs, said last week, "We will help threatened countries to defend...
...standing in April through a public relations gesture that was also a sign of sensitivity and compassion. She and her husband, former Reporter Jay McMullen, moved into Cabrini-Green, a predominantly black, decaying and crime-ridden housing project. Police began patrolling more. Playgrounds were installed and a summer recreation program promised. When her building's incinerator chute was too stuffed to open, Byrne called housing authorities and got prompt relief. Even though her stay at the project lasted for only three weeks, it captivated the city and boosted her approval rating in a Chicago Sun-Times poll from...
...encourage the renovation and repopulation of the city's dying neighborhoods, he instituted a "sweat equity" homesteading program, offering abandoned buildings to urban pioneers for $ 1 if they would promise to inhabit and improve the property. To sweeten the deal, Schaefer's administration provided low-interest home-improvement loans. Incentives for commercial development have been equally unorthodox. In 1976 he created the Baltimore Economic Development Corporation (BEDCO), an efficient, privately operated agency that acts as a one-stop clearinghouse for businesses seeking building sites and financing in Baltimore...