Word: act
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...Most informed people acknowledge that the financial mess began not with Republican deregulation but with social engineering by Democrats. It was exploited by Wall Street, to be sure, and the results went unchecked by Congress. A Republican House helped pass the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the most sweeping regulatory bill since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt. If Democrats rule unconstrained, we won't recognize our country in 30 years. Lori Zimmerman, Red Bank, New Jersey...
...Barack Obama does not represent a "New Liberal Order" so much as the latest desire to establish responsibility in the congressional playpen. For decades, Americans have voted in politicians with the hope that they would work together for the common good. And for decades, most of these politicians have acted like spoiled, self-interested toddlers. "Change we can believe in"? Our needs are much simpler than that. At this point, we would settle for someone who can persuade Congress to act like adults - and maybe even share. If not, we will be interviewing for a new day-care provider...
...root cause of these wars, and the West has caused climate change, then these distant wars become our indirect responsibility. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, whose economy depends on hydropower from a reservoir that is now depleted by drought, is explicit in this regard, describing climate change as "an act of aggression by the rich against the poor...
...Until now, only six of CSU's campuses had competitive admissions standards over and above the systemwide requirements of a 3.0 high school GPA or high enough scores on the SAT or ACT to compensate for lower grades. Under the new rules, all campuses will still have to admit all eligible freshmen in their immediate vicinity, but many of the schools will up the academic bar for students from farther away. Rejecting paying students might seem counterintuitive in a time of need, but tuition accounts for just 23% of Cal State's funding (even after a 10% hike last year...
...climate change have all severely affected and continue to have a detrimental impact on sea life around the world, with more and more coral threatened with extinction. In 2006, the staghorn and elkhorn corals, prevalent along South Florida waters, were listed as threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act (Staghorn coral is present in the Breakers reef, but it is not believed to have been damaged this time around...