Word: access
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President, the Sandinistas will have problems. Opposition parties are threatening a boycott unless the government lifts the current state of emergency, which allows the Sandinistas to control both the press and the army. Ortega announced that the opposition would be given equal media time and access to government funding, but it is still unclear exactly how freely it will be alc lowed to function. Junta Member Carlos Nuñez, wary of the boycott threat, hinted that the government might consider lifting the emergency law as early as April...
...converting the MOL site rather than building from scratch. In fact, the most imposing structure at Slick Six, the 285-ft.-high Mobile Service Tower, is a refitted and slightly shortened version of a MOL facility. The Air Force also cannibalized the steel used in that structure, constructing an access tower for astronauts entering the shuttle...
Other companies found different ways to make computers simpler for novices to use. Software Publishing, which sells the popular PFS series of list-keeping programs, unveiled Access, a product that enables computer owners to bypass the complicated log-on procedures needed to use information-retrieval services like those run by Dow Jones, CompuServe and The Source. Lotus Development, maker of the business package 1-2-3, last year's bestselling program, showed off its latest product, Symphony, which permits the easy transfer of information among five diverse computer programs...
Even the most prudent middle-class family can be devastated by unforseen medical bills. Every American should have access to immediate, safe, and affordable medical care. Hart should propose a program of national healthcare insurance...
...extent that there is a bandwagon effect, Barone says, it is unfair to blame it on polls. "People don't live in a vacuum where polls are their only access to reality," he contends. "The poll is only one of many items that gives people information to who is ahead. The media, word of mouth, neighbors, advertising, leaflets, door-to-door campaigning--all relay certain impressions to the voter," he adds...