Word: basics
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Stepping on Bush's lines. When Bush's aides saw the education section in early drafts of Reagan's State of the Union address, they were upset. Not because the Vice President disagreed with the words -- just the opposite. Many of the ideas, such as directing resources toward basic skills and lowering dropout rates, are ones that Bush has been pushing (to little notice) on the campaign trail. The Bush people could not persuade the White House to leave the topic to them. One of Bush's aides said of Reagan's newest education initiative, "We're going...
Although the governor proposes to increase welfare spending by 5.5 percent, 10 members of the Coalition For Basic Human Needs, a group representing welfare recipients, protested the proposal at the press conference...
...control and surveillance. It is a tribute to Israeli security, or to the self-restraint of the Palestinians, that not a single gun has turned up in Palestinian hands during the current unrest. But Jerusalem's peace of mind over the years has come only at the expense of basic civil liberties...
...solve the basic farm dilemma may account for the difference...
...must be the most intolerable person to know because I think about music all the time," says Lloyd Webber. His basic shyness and his air of indifference to most other subjects make him seem brusque and aloof. "Andrew is a very determined person, and he's very competitive," says his mother. "He has a one-track mind. He has a brisk manner and can be offhand. He has his difficult side -- he has a temper and terrific swings of mood...