PIRGs Grow Despite Reagan Backlash Across Campuses
Colleges nurture PIRGs Public Interest Research Groups founded 1971 by Ralph Nader and Donald Ross. From 24 state groups on 100 campuses to 25 active state PIRGs with 500000 student members and half a million general public, they pursue lawsuits, expose abuses, lobby, and push referenda while critics push for a purge.
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Ralph Nader
Washington
Reagan
Congress
Nader
Pirgs
Les Whitten
Buckles and knives awaited June 15 1787 in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia today the Street Commissioners paid for sewer work and building chimneys on Filbert Street. The Confederation era reports note New Hampshire considering funds to forward a delegate to Congress. Washington sends a note about buckles knives and coats and asks to inform Martha about delays and an umbrella.
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Philadelphia
Fourth Street
Filbert Street
Ninth Street
New Hampshire House
Senate
Congress
Robert Yates
N.Y
Paterson
Madison
George Washington
George Augustine
Martha Washington
Alexandria
Electronic gadgets take over in Phil's life
A narrative portraits Phil as a tech-immersed thinker who integrates a computerized thermostat, memory writers, radar detector, auto computer and a memory watch into daily life. The piece notes his failed roulette test in Atlantic City, his poetic side neglected by gadget use, and a return to human instinct after losses.
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Atlantic City
Phil
Baily
Banks
Biddle
New York
A.C
South Philly
Mario Andretti
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Edison Electric Institute
American Nuclear Energy Council
The
National Legal Center
PIRG
Griffin
Jill Siegel
Marsha Gomberg
Oregon
Karim Ahmed
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Missouri
New England
Ontario
Walter Jones
Dn.c
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Jones
Karen Talley
Louisiana
New York City
Uncle Sam
Thomas Petri
R-Wis
Internal Revenue Service
By Jack Anderson
Lansing
Col. Hamilton
Berry's
Persian Gulf
Eee
Sam Alfons
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