Jobless rate fall urged as growth signals rise
The piece argues a falling jobless rate would signal economic gains, noting past recoveries kept unemployment higher than before. It critiques Reagan era economics, contends wealth redistribution has shifted to unproductive sectors, and proposes redistributing wealth by directing credit to productive uses, simplifying taxes, and reallocating funds from missiles to cities and public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Donald Een
Regan
White House
U.S
New York subway fare saga frames a political trap
A New York City transit history shows how fares rose from a nickel to 75 cents amid political resistance and fiscal crises. Gov. Carey led a bid to marshal 300 million from the legislature to stabilize the MTA, with broader state and city tax plans likely to follow, while critics warn of fare shocks and delayed fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Battery
Harlem
Jimmy Walker
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Hugh Carey
Albany
MTA
Richard Ravitch
Carey
Warren Anderson
State Senate
Mario Cuomo
Anderson
Cuomo
Nixon-era War Plot Hidden in Nicaragua Policy
Washington debate over the Boland amendment and CIA oversight reveals a covert U.S. effort to topple Nicaragua. Rep. Boland vows scrutiny, while critics say the committee seals itself from truth, amid Amnesty-like secrecy and foreign pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward J. Boland
D-Mass
House
Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence
Nicaragua
Boland
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington Post
Reagan
House Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence
Capitol Hill
CIA
William Casey
el Salvador
Commie
Myrna Cunningham
Central America
J. William Middendorf II
Organization of American States
Stanley Clinton-Davis
U.S
Middendorf
Franco German axis promises new era of harmony and security
The piece argues that the Kohl Mitterrand partnership revives Franco German cooperation driving Europe toward wider integration. It notes defense and economic collaboration, NATO relevance, and a cautious American stance, suggesting Western Europe could gain autonomy while detente reshapes East West security.
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Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Helmut Kohl
U.S
Russia
de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Mitterrand
Helmut Schmidt
Washington
Moscow
Schmidt
Kohl
Bonn
France
Japan
Thompson
Gig
Saudi Arabia
Western
Europe
Reagan
Western Europe
East
Ee Kad
NATO
West Berlin
Warsaw
Budapest
Soviet Union
Gdansk
Bratislava
Baltic
Black Sea
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John L
N.Y
John McLaughlin
Ravitch
Edward Regan
Newhouse News Service
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Cre
Defense Department
Ni Harkin
Mary McGrory
Newsweek
America
Honduras
John Negroponte
Negroponte
Gustavo Alvarez
Time Magazine
Anastasio Somoza
Germany
Palatinate
Joseph Kraft
United Nations
Jonathan A. Freedman
Hutchings Psychiatric Center
Syracuse University
Syracuse University AT Work
East Fayette Street
Syracuse, New York
University College
E. Fayette St
Syracuse
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