Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grand vision of a more integrated university seems to have gathered little momentum. And on the national scale, the president's voice is barely audible on larger education issues. After more than three years, he has few grand accomplish. ments to show for his hard work...
...issue at stake here is credibility. We don't mind if Coffey sidestepped some vague red tape to accomplish something that students clearly wanted...
...more keenly aware of that than the representative herself. What Margolies-Mezvinsky didn't count on were the circumstances surrounding her budget vote. The first of these was the bill itself, which necessitated the inclusion of certain tax increases to enable it to accomplish its goal of deficit reduction. On balance, Margolies-Mezvinsky felt this bill was a necessary measure to help put our economic house in order...
...however, has obscured an anti- immigration campaign that may have just as much impact, but far sooner. Attorney General Janet Reno has decided to try to virtually seal off the 2,076-mile border with Mexico to illegal crossers. The U.S. Border Patrol has long maintained it could accomplish this if given a chance, but the patrol has always been underfunded and understaffed...
...Diego area, where half of all illegal immigrants into the U.S. sneak through the jagged canyons and urban alleys, a two-year tightening effort culminating in Operation Gatekeeper in October has reduced the number of arrests 30%. Inspired by these statistics, the Justice Department unveiled a plan to accomplish what many considered unimaginable only a few years ago: reduce the number of illegals crossing the border 90% during the next three years...