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...treat it intellectually. However, that is no legitimate basis for removing the question from public discussion. Of course abortion is partly a "personal issue," but so are the subjects of hundreds of laws and regulations, and lawmakers cannot begin to ignore very important moral issues merely because one sector of the population, however large, views it subjectively...
...Coop has so far managed to avoid any adverse effects from the problems of inflation or recession, Davis added, "but the retail sector usually enjoys a lag in bad times so we have to be cautious...
...advancing Turks and congregated in makeshift refugee camps in the Greek-controlled part of the island south of a line extending from Lefka through Nicosia to Famagusta. Twenty thousand Cypriot Turks -about one-sixth of the native Turkish population-sought similar haven with the Turkish army in the northern sector. Most refugees, both Greek and Turk, had left their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs; their children were sleeping on the ground, without bedding or blankets in the cool (60°) nights. Sanitation was primitive: for much of the week only six chemical toilets were available...
...blame the American worker for demanding more? In the private, nonfarm sector, his real hourly compensation has been declining for more than 15 months-and he has to get off the treadmill some time...
Administration inflation fighters worry most that while wages are rising, productivity in the private nonfarm sector of the economy is declining. It went down at an annual rate of more than 5% in the first quarter and almost 3% in the second quarter. As a result, the so-called unit labor costs-that is, the cost of labor to produce a given quantity of goods-has jumped at an annual rate of 14% this year. This, of course, will further fuel inflation, which in turn will fire the workers' frustrations...