Word: carefulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does Mickey Leland's death bother me so much? What made him different from his colleagues in Washington? Did he work harder for his causes? Was he a visionary, not limited by the traditional boundaries of governmental concern? Did he just care more? Simply...
...responding to critics who charged he didn't care about domestic concerns, Leland said "I am as much a citizen of this world as I am of my country. To hell with those people who are critical of what I am able to do to help save peoples' lives. I don't mean to sound hokey, but I grew up on a Christian ethic which says we are supposed to help the least of our brothers...
...would argue that a mother should not take care of herself during pregancy. But it would be dangerous for the state to mandate a certain regimen for pregnant women. We do not need further intrusion of the state into our everyday lives...
...infusions of cash and care paid off. The high school graduation rate has risen from 73.4% to 77.5%, and the percentage of students going on to Arkansas colleges, just 38.7% in 1982, has grown to 44.5%. All this has helped Clinton, 42, a boyish-looking Rhodes scholar with presidential ambitions, earn a national reputation as a wizard of school reform. "I feel real good about where we have come in the past 6 1/2 years," says the Governor...
...Toledo have taken the initiative to raise pay, restructure curriculums and monitor results. "In the first phase of reform, it was state executives who led the way," says former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander. "In the 1990s, reform will be led by parents and taxpayers." That is, if they care enough to pay the price...