Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Dudley seemed healthy only a few years ago, the situation soon changed. The introduction of the University's present-day, need-based financial aid system brought dorm life within reach of all undergraduates, and sky-rocketing Cambridge real estate values made finding a livable appartment a very difficult task. Furthermore, a new social atmosphere that encouraged students to stay in houses on campus for the "Harvard experience." Not surprisingly, the number of Dudley affiliates began to shrink. By the early 1980s, enrollment had dropped to approximately...
...experience in foreign policy matters exceeds any of his rivals. With only one exception, the candidates' positions on contra aid are the same, but only Gephardt has led the fight against it. And he won eight out of nine times. The Democratic party has long recognized that backing the rebels, even covertly, defies America's democratic principles. Now we need a leader who can ensure that a fair and just policy makes it through Congress and that ugly, backroom methods are not used to circumvent the proper political process...
...jungles of South America and ends in U.S. neighborhoods from Boston to Beverly Hills. That has helped make Noriega a prime target for U.S. law-enforcement officials and diplomats, who want the general brought to justice and a democratic government in Panama. The U.S. halted economic and military aid to Panama last June, and has for months sought ways to force Noriega from power...
...waste time flying to places like Florence at all, if a candidate can beam himself in electronically? Richard Gephardt used satellite technology last week to appear on local newscasts in a variety of primary and caucus states. But even with the aid of such global-village campaigning, Gephardt fell victim to the disorientation of life on the fly. A pesky interviewer wondered where Gephardt was broadcasting from. Unfortunately, the candidate's initial guess (Waco, Texas) was off by 90 miles; Gephardt was in fact in Austin...
Several members of Congress have pressed for the U.S. to get tough with foreign governments that fail to make a good-faith effort at halting the drug trade. Each year the President must "certify" whether drug-trafficking countries have made progress. Those that are "decertified" lose U.S. aid, trade preferences and other economic benefits. There is particular pressure in Congress to punish Panama and Mexico. This week President Reagan is expected to decertify Panama. Mexico, however, will probably receive only warnings and be exempted from economic sanctions on the ground that greater punishment might tend to destabilize it and thus...