Word: access
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...refineries and petrochemical plants. Combustion Engineering of Stamford will supply the technological know-how, while the Soviet oil ministry provides equipment and labor. Although control over the venture is tipped 51% to 49% in favor of the Soviets, the pact offers something for both sides: Moscow gets access to badly needed technology, and Combustion Engineering gets a foothold in the world's largest oil industry...
With the exception of Asian-Americans, Fitzsimmons said, "the number of early applications from minority students traditionally has been small." He attributed the low number of minority applicants to a lack of access to college counseling at the nation's secondary schools...
Such tales of buying friends and influencing people were recounted at Deaver's perjury trial last week. He is charged with five counts of lying before a congressional committee and to federal grand jury investigators about his lobbying activities. Although former Government officials have been selling their access and influence for a long time, the Deaver trial provided a vivid look at how prevalent this practice has become...
...best solve the debt crisis, the federal government needs to make a decision. Will it continue to fund students with loans or with grants? Heavy indebtedness forces graduates to choose higher-paying careers instead of public service jobs and to delay their marriages and family decisions. Grants would open access to higher education to students from all income levels and racial backgrounds, producing a workforce that will return more to the nation than $5 billion in repaid loans...
Under the Bennett plan, schools at which more than 20 percent of those students with GSLs fail to repay their debts will lose access to all federal financial aid programs, including Pell grants and College Work-Study. The plan, which does not need Congressional approval, will impose its first cuts in 1989, the Secretary said...