Word: discussing
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While I agree that "genocide" is an inappropriate term to use to discuss the government's failure to act (until recently), radical activists do play a legitimate role in a democracy--pushing us to broaden our consciousness. Other diseases, including cancer, diabetes and heart disease, also deserve the serious attention of the government. However, with limited funds, any nation must take decisions about how best to spend them. The question of whether to spend sparse resources on AIDS research or an cancer research should not be decided with the gaze of homophobia and moral intolerance...
...Finance Committee met this week to discuss the budget and originally recommended allocations for the grants fund be set at 61.5 percent...
...request to withdraw from the campaign and throw his support to the Republican ticket. In a rare campaign speech before the National Press Club on Thursday, Perot called Dole's overture "weird and totally inconsequential" and said he was in the race to stay. Perot said he would not discuss details of his Wednesday meeting with Dole campaign manager Scott Reed. But he said, "Do I intend to campaign to the bitter end? Yes." Perot running mate Pat Choate said Dole's request proved he was not a viable candidate and urged Republicans to support the Reform Party ticket. "When...
...most serious problem with this contract is not its terms but the manner in which it was approved. Several workers have said that union members had no input in the negotiations with the University. They have also claimed that they were only given 45 minutes to read and discuss a four-page summary of the contract before they were forced to vote...
...large, enthusiastic crowd greeted the renowned poet Maya Angelou as she gracefully stepped forward to the podium. Standing before a gathering of Democrats at their August convention in Chicago, Angelou put forth ideas applicable to both Republicans and Democrats. In her inimitable river of words, she urged Americans to "discuss the issues that separate us," yet maintain respect for one another "since we are more alike than unalike...