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Charles is expected to continue, and perhaps even slightly increase, his mother's stringent sense of the equilibrium of the monarchy. A few of his subjects are even anxious for him to give it an early start and have begun speculating on the possibility of the Queen's abdicating. As far as the Windsors and those closest to them are concerned, such talk is pure fiction...
Three years ago, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) imposed stringent limits on the amount of cotton dust that manufacturers could have in their plants. The industry objected that the ventilation equipment and other measures required by OSHA's order would run up a crippling tab of $2 billion (OSHA's estimate: $650 million). Turning to the courts in an attempt to get the standards modified, the industry argued that OSHA should have weighed the cost of compliance against the benefits...
...into a block grant. The committee also refused to go along with Reagan's plan to eliminate legal aid for the poor, though funding was cut from $321 million to $100 million. Many minor health programs were rolled into block grants, but even there the committee added stringent requirements on how the funds must be used. Said disgruntled Republican Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana: "These appear to be categorical grants disguised as block grants...
Actually, Faculty members teaching in the Core during its first year last spring expressed confusion about the stringent Core guidelines, and doubts about how effective the guidelines were in producing the ideal Core courses. Robert C. Chapman, professor of English Literature, who teaches Literature and Arts A-11. "Theatre and Drama," called the goals of the new curriculum "high falutin'," adding he hoped his course was "within the limits of what the Core people wanted...
...real economic recovery will require stringent belt-tightening measures, something Poland's long-suffering population may be reluctant to accept. The government last week added cereals and flour to its list of strictly rationed commodities, which already include meat and sugar. Meanwhile, the queues of hapless shoppers grow ever longer as bread, milk and cooking oil get scarcer. Only Polish humor, it sometimes seemed, was still in abundance. A cartoon in Solidarity's weekly newspaper showed two Poles discussing politics. "I hear Solidarity is pouring oil on the waters," says one. The other answers: "Hmmm, I wonder where...