Word: accessability
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Computer access brings to some to a "new lease on life," Thornburgh says. She says that one of the main purposes of the program is "a reduction of anxiety" among people with disabilities, so that they are not afraid to ask questions about how to use this new technology, and to seek help. "It opens up the ability to make requests," Thornburgh says. "All accessibility is about is a level playing field...
...brief argues that if Harvard's objections are sustained, the ruling would establish a new precedent that would bias elections in the employer's favor. It argues that employers have access to voters' opinions through supervisors, while unions have no other means than polling to elicit such information...
...normalization of American relations withCuba would allow for Castro's offical entranceinto the international political arena. Castrowould gain access to technology, banking, andtourism would boom, he said...
...residents of most of its neighborhoods have fled to suburban counties, where they prefer traffic jams to participation in an underground transportation system that could bring black people out their way. When all is said and done, Atlanta's economy still has a lot to do with Atlanta's access to places like Valdosta and Meridian and Demopolis -- I have heard the city described as "a bunch of buildings and stuff next to the Atlanta airport" -- but I suspect no one has called it Gate City to the South for years...
...biggest blunder in Washington. Shortly after he took over as chairman, Bentsen sent a letter to lobbyists and political-action committees, establishing a breakfast club. For a $10,000 fee, a lobbyist could have ham and eggs monthly with the Senator. Bentsen was just one of many Senators offering access for money in one of the many variations that hover this side of illegality. But the baldness of the approach and the fact that he had no real re-election challenge that required raising the money caused the Eggs McBentsen affair to unleash a storm of criticism. Bentsen quickly disbanded...