Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...game we play from now on is important," Roby said. "This was the first time in my two years as head coach when I felt genuinely disappointed. We didn't play the way Harvard basketball has been played. We don't need to change anything, except for our mental approach...
...Union stems mainly from the use of koknar, or opium made from poppy seeds, and anashi, a substance similar to marijuana, made from the cannabis plant. Both crops grow wild in the country's Central Asian region. Poppies are also cultivated legally, mainly for use in medicines. The Soviet approach to treating abusers of such drugs tends to be punitive. Under a new law, youthful offenders may be incarcerated for up to two years in a police-run "preventive educational treatment center." The job of these institutions, according to a recent article in the Soviet magazine...
...birthday cake decorated with icing in black, green and gold, the A.N.C.'s colors. But the most remarkable event was Tambo's speech, in which he played down the bloody guerrilla tactics that the A.N.C. has advocated in recent years. Instead, he embarked on a more moderate approach, pledging that "civilians, both black and white," would not be harmed by A.N.C. fighters. He called on whites to "come together in a massive democratic coalition" with blacks. Declared Tambo: "Our white compatriots have to learn the truth, that it is not democracy that threatens their future. Rather, it is racist tyranny...
Olympia's approach may well find support in Congress. Last week a study by the Joint Economic Committee of the House and Senate recommended that federal officials consider replacing traditional benefits with so-called workfare subsidies that pay welfare recipients to undergo job training. The report proposes that states be allowed to experiment more freely with welfare...
...basically as a custody battle; then the best interests of the child would be the guiding principle. Custody is often awarded to mothers, but since Baby M. has been living with the Sterns at the judge's order for most of the time since she was born, that approach may favor them...