Word: combated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Better representation would combat the apathy of students towards their student government which would in turn increase leverage with administration, Lee says...
That Watergate paralyzed Washington, leaving little energy for getting anything else done, was not its worst legacy, in Thompson's eyes. Congress took advantage of a weakened Chief Executive to pass laws that permanently undermined the presidency, giving Congress more say in areas that range from committing troops to combat to forcing the President into spending the money it votes. Says Thompson: "It really has to do with the balance of power, and checks and balances. When you have a White House under siege, those things tend to get out of kilter...
...tone of PADAA too apocalyptic, she finds other parents too lackadaisical. "There's a definite head-in-the-sand attitude here," she says. "People figure our kids' SAT scores are so high they can't be doing it." PADAA sponsors public forums and blankets the community with literature to combat precisely those attitudes, but it's an uphill battle. "It used to be that the parents who got involved were the ones who had problems," sighs PADAA activist Sandra Plowden. "Now it seems like it's the ones without them...
...some, the advantages of anonymous HIV testing have proven invaluable in the effort to combat HIV- and AIDS-related discrimination on a broader scale...
...District Judge William G. Bassler yesterday before imposing the maximum fine allowed under federal guidelines on Lordship, the company that holds the contract to make the nation's highest combat decoration, for selling 300 bootleg Medals of Honor...