Word: behinds
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When Democratic Congresswoman Pat Schroeder arrived in Washington in 1973 with two young children, she thought it would be only a year or so until Congress passed a federal child-care plan. Sixteen years later, Schroeder's children are grown, and the U.S. still lags far behind most other industrialized nations in national family policy. House Democrats have taken a big -- and expensive -- step toward catching up by defeating White House efforts to weaken legislation to create a national child-care program...
...They told me that the reason they were both behind me was that they felt I was the most effective candidate," Battat says...
...Benjamin T. Simons '92, a transfer student from Yale, commenting on Harvard's thirdplace finish behind Yale and Princeton in the annual U.S. News & World Report poll on "America's Best Colleges...
...current issue ofThe Atlantic, Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley H. Hoffman '58 points to "the phenomena of overconsumption and underinvestment; insufficient industrial productivity; rigidity, waste, and short-sightedness in industry," as the reason behind the decline of U.S. competitiveness in the world economy...
Captain Cindy Green hopes that the team can wind up as one of the top three teams in the region, probably behind the powerful team from Dartmouth. The Crimson will be sending riders to the regionals at the conclusion of the season with hopes of advancing to the zonals and ultimately to the nationals. Last year, Anderson finished fourth in the nationals as a freshman...