Word: attacking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...competence but does not replace it: wide-eyed but hard-nosed. Private charity cannot and should not replace public policy. It can, however, set standards, set priorities and set an example for the best use of resources. Throwing money at a problem may be just the easiest way to attack it, not the wisest. The more effective forces, it seems, are harder to marshal: vision, tenacity, patience and courage...
Today the client list grows by almost 100 people every month. In 1986 Open Hand's budget was $70,000. By the end of that year, Brinker realized her next budget would have to be a quarter of a million dollars. "I almost had a heart attack." The 1988 budget was a million dollars -- a figure that demanded constant fund raising. Says Brinker in her oddly tough half-whisper, "You have...
...United States told the U.N. Security Council that the U.S. planes fired on the Libyan aircraft in reaction to hostile actions that "constituted an armed attack" on American forces...
Harvard benefited from a balanced scoring attack, with sophomore forward Jen Mazanec contributing 11 points, and sophomore Beth Wambach adding 10. Chandler and Duncan led the team with nine rebounds each...
Marshall, a flashy Toms River insurance broker and chairman of the Ocean County chapter of the United Way fund, suggested robbery as the motive for the attack. He and Maria had been returning from an evening at the Atlantic City blackjack tables and, as his story went, their car may have been tampered with and then followed by bandits. Marshall said a wad of bills amounting to more than $2,000 was missing from his pocket. He displayed a superficial head wound...