Word: combat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University does not see fit to classify an organization that arbitrarily excludes women as being sufficiently discriminatory; it is blatantly hypocritical for the administration to trumpet claims of equal treatment for both sexes while failing to combat obvious violations of such to the greatest extent of its abilities...
...also need to attack this problem before it enters our society. It is time for government to place greater emphasis on patrolling our borders to combat the daily and illegal influx of drugs. Rollbacks in funding to the Coast Guard, like those that occured during Reagan's tenure, are no longer justifiable...
China Beach revolves around a hospital-and-entertainment complex near Danang, and its protagonists range from a dedicated nurse (Dana Delany) to a hard-bitten war profiteer (Marg Helgenberger). Tour of Duty focuses on an all- male combat platoon, but this season has added two prominent female characters -- a wire-service reporter and a psychiatrist -- and, of course, a love interest for each...
...subplots and issues that are introduced and neatly resolved by episode's end. The show's flaws are familiar: characters who are too simplistic (the hotdogging helicopter pilot, the streetwise black private), and plot twists that are too patly "illuminating." When a battle- fatigued soldier is sent back into combat before he is ready -- over the objections of his sergeant and a psychiatrist -- you can bet that five minutes into his first mission he will go berserk and get shot. Still, the show has broached some touchy subjects, from officer corruption to cowardice in battle, with honesty and dramatic fluency...
...million in additional funding for the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) program, bringing the budget to $14.3 million. METCO, a program designed to combat segregation in education, pays for the transportation of Black Boston youths to suburban schools...