Word: american
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...Harvard English professor Warner Berthoff dedicated a book on American literary criticism to "the good old causes: liberalism and democracy." An interesting choice of words, for none have fought for liberalism more staunchly than America's universities...
...Defense. No one has considered academic collegiality in the same league as business combinations since the Sherman Anti-Trust Act was passed in 1890. Obviously education holds a special place in American society, and the pursuit of knowledge essential to a democracy has no readily tangible--or easily comparable--costs. Thus, investigated university officials say that "cooperation" in financial matters befits their high-minded enterprise, and further serves the overall public good of maintaining access to education independent of cost...
...past--not the commisioner, not free agents, and not the owners--rules baseball. This way, baseball's best traditions can flourish. Defeatism. Self-deprecation. It's all part of what makes baseball the great American game...
Over the years, California has given the rest of the country everything from health food to a taxpayers' revolt. Now it has bequeathed another far-reaching legacy to its sister states: a clampdown on auto-emission standards that could help transform the American car and the fuel that makes it run. To the discomfort of U.S. automakers, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee voted unanimously last week to adopt California's strict limits for the 1990s as the law of the land. The measure, which seemed certain to win House approval, would cut existing levels of tail-pipe pollutants...
...compressed natural gas, which virtually eliminates the sources of smog. The relatively low price of the fuel -- some 80 cents per gal., vs. $1.75 for gasoline -- tempts bus and taxi owners to pay the $2,500 that it costs to convert a vehicle to natural gas. In Washington the American Gas Association calls the fuel "a viable option for fleets." One drawback: to carry the gas, vehicles must be fitted with bulky tanks. In a cross-border experiment, Canada's Ontario Bus Industries and Brooklyn Union Gas are testing two gas-fueled buses in Brooklyn...