Word: conceptions
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...word rescind is a concept from the time of the Inquisition. Our forefathers went to 'the stake' rather than rescind their faith. We are not going to the stake...
Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs, Ark. Fay Jones & Associates, architects. A simple but evocative structure of pine boards, glass and ingenuity, designed by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright's. It is one of the few buildings that advance the master's concept of organic architecture...
Pierce has not been an articulate salesman or apologist for the Administration's policies. "He underwhelms us," says one Democratic Congressman. Even the conservative Heritage Foundation faulted Pierce for not effectively promoting tax-exempt urban development zones, a concept he favors, and for seeming to have no creative policies to compensate for the budget cuts. Pierce says that he deliberately has kept a low profile while learning his department. His supporters say that he is now about ready to make his move. For the moment, he gets a slow-learner...
...concept of the "wellderly" found an unlikely and perhaps uneasy ally on the eve of the conference: the National Council on the Aging, an elderly advocacy group, which commissioned a poll on elderly well-being from Louis Harris. His company sampled 3,437 adults, including 540 over the age of 65. Harris' conclusion: "On every single issue tested, the elderly are perceived as being in much more desperate shape than they actually are." Some 48% say they have more income than they need; 66% own their homes, and most have paid off the mortgage. Although fully 63% rely...
...that the dream is going sour," declared Minnesota Republican Senator David Durenberger, one of several guest speakers. "The tax cut has made it more difficult to finance state and local government. One more round of this New Federalism-conducted in the frenzy of the budget process-will discredit the concept entirely...