Word: containers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...further reducing welfare block grants to the states by that amount. Claims Salamon of Johns Hopkins: "That's simply shifting money" out of one account for poor people and into another. Moreover, the flat-tax proposals circulating in the Republican ranks would be disastrous for charities, since they contain no tax incentive for private giving...
...this hunch proves right, it will mark a milestone in the battle to contain the late-20th century's most terrible epidemic. For in addition to explaining why this small group of people infected with HIV has not become sick, the discovery of a viral strain that works like a vaccine would have far-reaching implications. "What these results suggest," says Dr. Barney Graham of Vanderbilt University, "is that HIV is vulnerable and that it is possible to stimulate effective immunity against...
...other four gods he presents contain a similar mixture of idealism and practicality. "The Spaceship Earth" depicts all humans as stewards of a fragile planet, implicitly teaching tolerance and social responsibility. "The Fallen Angel" encourages critical thinking by stressing that error is inevitable, that blind dogma is dangerous and that much of what students learn in school is incorrect in "the American Experiment," he claims that having a government based on democracy and continuous argument is cause for patriotism. Yet, he cautions, we must remember that though "no shame need endure forever no accomplishment merits excessive pride." Finally, "The Word...
Such an outcome is, to put it most mildly, not assured. All the arrangements for the so-called proximity conference, at which the U.S. will play both host and mediator, are based on a perceived necessity to contain the three Presidents' impulses to devilry. The meeting is being held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, largely because it is a site where the men can be held in near isolation. There they will be unable to hop a taxi to a TV studio and in a few minutes be on camera denouncing one another, as they might...
...first is a proposal by Cambridge Savings Bank to demolish four buildings in the Square which contain 14 tenants including the Tasty and the Wursthaus restaurants. The bank hopes to construct a new four-story building and in the process create 60,000 square feet of retail space...