Word: basics
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...clash of various groups. A Democratic bill sponsored by New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley and Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt is called the Fair Tax Act. A Republican proposal termed the Fair and Simple Tax Act is advocated by Wisconsin Senator Robert Kasten and New York Congressman Jack Kemp. The basic approaches...
...teaching document in schools and churches for 53 million U.S. Catholics. They will be free to argue with programs advocated by the statement, but not with its goal of fostering economic rights and human dignity. "In our view," the draft declares, "there can be no legitimate disagreement on the basic moral objective...
...spend-and-spend philosophies. But I think there are people out there, that, regardless of affiliation, want a return to a free economy and less Government invasion of their lives and their businesses. Whether that could make for a political realignment, or whether we are going to see some basic changes in the philosophy of the parties-that too could happen...
...Democrats do not suggest a dismantling of the social welfare apparatus. But they believe a basic requirement should be that such programs work at reasonable cost. Says Wyoming Party Chairman David Freudenthal: "The social programs of the '60s were the right thing at the time, but now it's as if we're afraid to change even one piece of decoration on the house for fear someone will start yelling that we're trying to tear the roof...
...result, buyers who do comparison shopping must select their computers on the basis of increasingly esoteric technical specifications. IBM alone sells seven basic variations on its bestselling model, ranging from the low-cost PCjr to the top-of-the-line IBM PC AT. To distinguish between these machines, consumers have to measure memory in kilobytes and disc storage in megabytes. To understand the pros and cons of IBM-compatible computers built by AT&T, Compaq or Hewlett-Packard, they must learn to identify silicon chips by name and measure their speeds in millions of cycles per second...