Reagan Watt picks and the environmental question in his cabinet
Reagan selects James G Watt as interior secretary amid opposition from environmental groups. The piece argues the presidency is weakened and examines how Reagan's conservative philosophy may shape policy across agencies, with Senate dynamics and foreign policy shifts looming.
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Jane Fonda
Defense
Consolidation Coal Co
Bobby Brown
James G. Watt
Interior
Watt
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Paul Simon
Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
FDR
Senate
Supreme Court
Ted Kennedy
Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Strom Thurmond
Illinois Census Sparks Booster Debate on Growth
After the 1980 census Illinois shows a 1.9 percent growth to 11,321,000, trailing other Midwest states. The piece argues growth is not a mission, notes Nevada's 63 percent rise, and defends Illinois as a stable, populous state with open spaces and steady in-migration.
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Illinois
Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt
Gopher Prairie
Minn
Chamber of Commerce
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Union
Midwest
Ohio
The green revolution stalls as yields slow
The green revolution, begun in the 1960s with dwarf wheat and rice to boost yields, has peaked. Growth in world food production is slowing while population climbs, and high output crops demand more fertilizer, water, energy, and infrastructure. Experts warn only breakthroughs in genetics and photosynthesis, plus population checks, can extend gains.
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Mexico
Philippines
Asia
Africa
Latin America
America
Norman Borlaug
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Colombia
Bangladesh
Kenya
United States
John Block
Illinois
Block
Lester Brown
Worldwatch
El Salvador land reform seen as irreversible by advisers
American advisers say El Salvador’s land redistribution is the most extensive in Latin America and unlikely to be reversed. They note 210000 families now own land, with 1.2 million people affected, while compensation to former landlords remains unsettled and title legislation drags.
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Janet Battaile
New York Times
Washington
el Salvador
Latin America
United States
Prosterman
American Institute For Free Labor Development
Michael P. Hammer
Mark D. Pearlman
San Salvador
Aflcio
Jose Rodolfo Viera
Agrarian Reform Institute
Rupert Scofield
Hammer
Free Labor Institute
Central
South America
Viera
Union Communal Salvadorena
Scofield
The Great Conservative Year on the Potomac
Russell Baker narrates a satirical chronicle of Congress led by Thurmond and Dole as they poke fun at Reagan era policy. The piece lampoons investigations into Jane Fonda Kissinger and Kissinger’s hip measurements, a photo of Jesse Helms with food stamps, Panama Canal politics, and a Halloween themed scare over conservative orthodoxy.
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Congress
Strom Thurmond
Jane Fonda
Miss Fonda
Senator Thurmond
United States Capitol
District of Columbia
Washington Papers
Jesse Helms
Helms
Thurmond
Senate
United States
Nger
White House
Moral Majority
Reagan
Mr. Kissinger
Harvard
New York City
Bush
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Roy Prosterman
University of Washington
Potomac
Russell Baker
Capitol
House of
Robert Dole
Finance Committee
Panama Canal
Panama
Canal
Gulf of Mexico
Henry Kissi
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