Word: approaches
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...eight years, the Republicans have been charging that liberalism is a tired, out-of-date approach to solving the nation's problems. In 1984, Reagan accused the Democrats of being "so far left they've left America...
Washington so far has been trying to play it cool, avoiding the emotionalism that in the past has paralyzed U.S. foreign policy and led to the Iran arms- sale fiasco. Officials sketch a three-part approach. First, the U.S. will talk informally with anyone, anytime. "We keep in touch," says National Security Adviser Colin Powell; he will not say with whom. Second, Washington will officially negotiate only with an "authoritative" representative of the Tehran government, and that stage has not yet been reached. Says one State Department official: "We hear from people who say they know somebody who knows somebody...
...dropped the first two games of their best- of-five match with Argentina. "We were overconfident," admits Marv Dunphy, the U.S. men's coach since 1985. "We were waiting for them to make mistakes so we could win it. But the Argentines are too good for that sort of approach." Thanks to a sustained come-from-behind drive, the Yanks won the next three games and the match...
...Better Child Care) bill. Backed by Michael Dukakis but opposed by the Reagan Administration, the measure would establish a $2.5 billion program of child-care grants to the states and would set federal standards for day-care facilities. Vice President George Bush has proposed an alternative approach: a $1,000 tax credit to help families pay for , child care. Under this plan, families earning too little to qualify for the tax refund would get a check for up to $1,000 per preschool child from the Government...
...Rabbi Richard Schachet, whose Chatsworth, Calif., synagogue consists almost entirely of the intermarried. "Every Jew who is turned away is a potential loss," he says. While opponents see intermarriages as a threat to Jewish survival, rabbis who perform them reason that the couples will wed anyway and a friendly approach is more likely to result in Jewish children...