Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report. A representative from the New York-based Casa El Salvador explained his fear to confirm publically the claims: "Of course we trust our sources--we and the FDR believe that a massacre probably occurred. But since it is so difficult to get more details, we are reluctant to commit ourselves and say 'This is exactly what happened.' We have to be cautious, to protect the little credibility that we have in the States...
Residents have long chafed at local police use of a 150-year-old loitering statute that allows them to detain anyone they believe intends to commit a crime; studies show that the law is ten times as likely to be used against blacks as whites. In February about 10,000 demonstrators, including many from Brixton, marched peacefully in nearby Deptford to protest what they considered deliberately lethargic police investigation of the deaths of two young blacks in a fire. The latest spark appears to have been struck the evening before the rioting, when blacks accused police of failing to respond...
...already concerned about President Reagan's endorsement of tax credits for private school tuition payments. They listened warily to the conclusions Coleman drew from a survey of 58,728 sophomores and seniors in 1,016 high schools. Public school sophomores appear twice as likely to disobey, fight or commit acts of vandalism in schools. Only a quarter of the public school sophomores said they spent more than five hours a week on homework, in contrast with nearly half in Catholic and other private schools...
...models, would increase the cost of every car by an estimated $100 to $150. Quips Keith Grain, publisher of Automotive News: "It's already got to the point where if a guy goes out to his garage, closes the door and turns on the engine to commit suicide, all he does is come out four hours later feeling much better...
...perceived as a large loss; the benefits to individual taxpayers,typically a small gain. Not surprisingly, past endeavors to cut special interest appropriations usually lost by large margins The so-called reconciliation process, however, allows the budget committees, with the agreement of a majority of both houses, to commit individual appropriation committees to fixed ceilings in a spending package. This method has existed since the Budget Act of 1974, but it remained essentially dormant until recently. Under this procedure, the benefits to the average taxpayer of huge budget cuts are clear, and the cost to any special interest is diluted...