Word: concerns
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Nonetheless, the problem of underenumeration of minority groups is likely to persist unless it becomes a matter of more general concern. We believe that what were initially at least technical problems have by their very magnitude been transformed into social problems with powerful legal and ethical implications. Specifically, we hold that where a group defined by racial or ethnic terms, and concentrated in specific political jurisdictions, is significantly under-counted in relation to other groups, then individual members of that group are hereby deprived of the constitutional right to equal representation in the House of Representatives, and by inference...
...more face-conscious by far because of the way they are set up in their society. The stress on personal conduct, your outward action towards others as a basis upon which you are judged, comes straight down from the classics to the present day. This leads to a great concern about how you look. How you look is an indication of how you are doing. Is your conduct proper? Are you succeeding in being the right kind of person? A noble, moral ideal, no doubt. But it develops into a face situation...
...most noteworthy characteristic of the 90th Congress has been its time-consuming concern with internal organization and related matters, such as campaign financing and ethics. Although this preoccupation has delayed much essential business, a Congressional reform on its own Capitol Hill architectural policies would justify the time spent...
Scottish Burr. Concern with foreign markets is a hallmark of Caterpillar's recent management. A decade ago the company did no manufacturing overseas; today it has plants in eleven foreign countries. With foreign sales now accounting for 45% of its business, Cat has become the U.S.'s second biggest exporter after General Motors, last year helped shore up the nation's strained balance of payments with $444 million in foreign-earned revenue. The company now manufactures 250 different pieces of heavy-duty equipment, from pipelayers (cost: $96,000) capable of lifting 100 tons to giant scrapers (cost...
Councillor William Maher expressed concern over the future of employees who would be displaced by the new garbage disposal arrangements. DeGuglielmo said that the rubbish contractors would pick up any employee who wanted to work for them and that "in six months, if the man does his job, he will acquire union privileges...