Word: cut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what Congress gives it can also take away. So the FCC is scrambling to answer the most pointed complaints. It promised earlier this month to revamp the bureaucracy it built around the program and to cut Fishman's salary by $50,000. It is considering scaling back its initial spending. And Kennard vows that schools will not be allowed to use the money to buy computers, software or other ineligible items, and that poorer schools will see their applications handled first...
...disaster movie ever gets made again after this summer's glut, here's a good opening scene: Panicked scientist testifies before congressional committee. A mountain-sized space rock, he warns, "could hit tomorrow and we wouldn't even know it was coming." Pan across committee members wearing concerned expressions. Cut to spinning newspapers with alarmist headlines. Melt to crowds of city dwellers gazing anxiously at the heavens...
...phone interview before last night'sarrests, Cicero said many students are favor ofProp. 209. The interview was cut short by thearrival of television crews to cover yesterday'sprotest...
...daily stories, too, could be edited by someone who knows something about the subject matter. It would also ensure a modicum of consistency in editorial policy. Secondly, confirming quotations should be made a blanket policy in all cases. If extending this courtesy in 50 percent more cases would cut down on 100 percent of the complaints, surely the extra trouble would be worthwhile...
...Because in the past four years, the California G.O.P. has undergone something of a revolution. In 1994, conventional wisdom in the Golden State held that Latinos didn't vote and that taking on immigrants, especially Latino immigrants, was a political gold mine. Voters passed Proposition 187, which sought to cut off illegal aliens' benefits. Governor Pete Wilson won re-election with ads showing grainy figures scurrying across the southern border, and some suspected that he could ride the issue all the way to the White House...