Word: carefulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...transaction is still not a fait accompli: Eastern's unions immediately threatened to block the deal in court. Though Trump promised that shuttle employees would be "well taken care of," the rest of the workers fear that the sale of the profitable shuttle is just the first stage in the dismantling of the Eastern empire. If it goes through, it is certainly the latest conquest for the Trump empire. By announcing his acquisition in the Grand Ballroom of New York's landmark Plaza Hotel (another recent purchase), Trump reminded his audience that when it comes to collecting varied treasures...
...direction of the border. "Had 16 teeth out and a new set of dentures made over in Palomas last week," he says, massaging his gums. "Would have cost me $2,000 in the U.S. I paid $600 over there, and the dentist did a damn good job." Health care is a relatively new economic trade-off, but the principles underpinning it are as old as the border itself. At Ernest Hurt's ranch just east of the Continental Divide and an easy horse ride to the Antelope Wells border post, Carlos Chavez Perez, 46, works as a cowboy...
What about the rhetorical level at which the campaign has been conducted? We are a long way, certainly, from the intellectual intricacies of the Lincoln- Douglas debates (which, incidentally, occurred in a senatorial, not a presidential, election). But even the crudest gestures, if unpacked with care, will be found to contain some serious intent...
They are also demanding consumers. As the number of older students has risen, so have calls for on-site day care, flexible course schedules to accommodate full-time jobs, longer hours for campus bookstores and libraries, and more aggressive job counseling and placement. Schools are rethinking who they are. "We have had to come down from our ivory tower," says Donald Baker, dean of the College of Continuing Education at Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.). "Quality and service are as important in education as in industry...
...integrate its older students into campus life, Chatham College, a small liberal arts school for women in Pittsburgh, renovated a separate dorm for adults. Berry Hall is convenient, affordable ($350 a month for a mother and child, including utilities); day care is provided nearby. The University of California at Santa Cruz, where 1,500 of the 9,000 students are beyond the keg-party stage, provides subsidized family housing...