Word: amounting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While Tufts has been plagued by low turnout in recent elections--25 percent of the student body voted in this year's presidential elections--Azoff says students have not questioned the senate's ability to handle such a large amount of money...
Admittedly, it wasn't all the candidates' fault. The number of debaters limited the amount of time allowed for response to each question. The moderators also allowed for little discussion between the candidates. In particular, the various questions asked by Karen Brown of WNUR detracted significantly from the tenor of the debate and trivialized the issues facing the American people. When Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suggested in his closing statement that the candidates try a Lincoln-Douglas style debate in January, it was the best idea of the evening...
...There's no way the consumer can know if any of these beverages are really doing all that they claim to do," said Dr. Gabe Mirkin, associate professor at Georgetown University Medical School, to Time. For example, it takes six bottles of SoBe Wisdom to reach the amount shown in clinical studies to reduce stress...
...Even without conclusive scientific evidence or federal endorsement, the herbal therapy market has done pretty well for itself. In 1997, consumers spent $12 billion on natural supplements, nearly double the amount spent in 1994, according to Time. Sales continue to grow more than 10 percent a year...
...noticeable improvement from kids at the youngest age. As it turns out, throwing money at the problem of fulfilling Bush's goal that kids enter kindergarten ready to learn really did work. Even as the level of federal funding devoted to public education stagnated during the past decade, the amount invested in early childhood education boomed. Head Start's budget alone grew nearly tenfold. Further, most states raised qualification levels for day care practitioners, and more quality day care is available to poor parents than a decade...