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Word: ask (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although most Governors agreed that more federal spending on schools is not the answer to their problems, they did ask that Bush help them hack through the thicket of regulations that accompany existing federal education grants. Bush agreed, in the words of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, to "swap red tape for results" in disbursing federal money. Those funds now come encumbered by rules that, for example, prevent night classes of adults from using computers bought for day classes of handicapped students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Calling for An Overhaul | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...ask me how it started. I honestly do not remember, although I'm pretty sure it happened some time in May while I heard some Venezuelean announcer yell "GOAL! GOAL! GOAL!" from my television...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: You Might as Well Face it... | 10/6/1989 | See Source »

Called "Cambridge Women Ask the Candidates," the three-hour presentation featured two panels, in which candidates answered questions about housing, health care and development...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Politicians Square Off | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

...questions to ask Oakland A's slugger Jose Canseco on his new "Ask Jose" hotline...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Leave it to Davis to Shake up the NFL | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

Dunbrack said that because the state does not permit same-sex marriages, Harvard should ask couples to sign a document testifying to their relationship, rather than seek financial information as proof...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gay Groups Laud Settlement | 10/3/1989 | See Source »

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