Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...financial incentives to achieve set standards may result in a narrowing of curriculum and homogenization of higher education. "There is widespread recognition that the smorgasboard approach in the 60s and 70s didn't serve students as well as it might," said Banta, who operates under a system of financial incentives. "If we find a middle ground between telling students exactly what to do and the cafe-style approach of before, we will have narrowed the curriculum somewhat. But that's not all bad," she said...
...governor's proposed budget increase "might be a little hard to swallow-we may have to take a bit more cautious and prudent approach" to state spending, Finneran said...
...first term, Baker labeled the President's supply-side economic proposals "a riverboat gamble" and was lukewarm toward proposals to ban abortion and require prayer in schools. Nevertheless, he loyally proclaimed himself the President's "spear carrier" in the Senate and helped push through his sweeping tax cuts. "My approach with the President is very straightforward and direct," he said. "We communicate easily...
...former director of Central Intelligence failed to question the shaky assumptions behind the approach to Iran and apparently never explained to the President the risks if the initiative became public or the operation failed. Nor did he make clear to Reagan that North, rather than the CIA, was running the operation. "The President does not recall ever being informed of this fact," said the commission. "Indeed, Casey should have gone further and pressed for operational responsibility to be transferred to the CIA. Because congressional restrictions on covert actions are both largely directed at and familiar to the CIA, Casey should...
Next is the gee-I'm-so-cute-and-friendly approach, usually employed by girls and unctuous preppies. "Aw, c'mon, please, pretty please," they whine, eyelids batting somewhere down about the level of their drooling lips. But most annoying is the dissatisfied customer angle, to which there is no legally permissible reply. "Hey kid! I get more than that...