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...agreement without precedent in the world" -an exaggeration, of course, but almost a forgivable one. What the radio referred to was an agreement this month between Poland and East Germany allowing their citizens to visit each other's countries without the tedious exit formalities, border checks and stringent currency controls (90? a day for Polish tourists) that had made travel between Communist countries since World War II almost as difficult as getting to the West...
...workfare" has long been dear to critics anxious to cut welfare chiselers from the relief rolls. It was a prime component of Nixon's reform package. The Talmadge amendments slightly beef up existing regulations requiring job registration for welfare recipients, but in fact they are not so stringent as some provisions of H.R.I. For example, mothers with children under the age of six would be exempt under the Talmadge plan; the Nixon proposals exempt mothers whose children are three or under. Included in earlier Talmadge amendments to a tax bill was an incentive plan for businesses to hire welfare...
...since 1960, health costs have more than doubled, and were increasing at an annual rate of 12.9% before the Phase I freeze took effect in August. Last week the Price Commission finally announced its goal: to cut that 12.9% "by at least one-half." The catch is that the stringent restrictions imposed by the commission on practitioners and institutions of all kinds will be even more difficult to enforce than the limits being dictated in other fields...
...coloratura high wire, both singers emerge as phenomenal. Each has staggering facility in florid runs, trills, leaps and arpeggios. Both have been accused of overdecorating their music, though each plans embellishments so tastefully and executes them so brilliantly that only stringent purists object...
...also called for expanded G.I. benefits, a "realistic" minimum income tax, more stringent inheritance taxes and greater consumer protection...