Word: documentation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While officials searched the room, Paul and his roommate were taken to an administrative building and, separately, each was given the option to sign a document allowing the police to search his side of the room. Paul's roommate signed the statement, while Paul...
...mainstream chords, like the importance of family values. Some of the phrases might have come from a Reagan speech. For example: ". . . the political arrogance that would have bureaucrats run our economy and dictate our daily lives." On some of the most critical issues, like reducing the federal deficit, the document offers platitudes rather than a firm position. Bland cliches give only token attention to traditional Democratic concerns such as civil rights and equal rights for women...
...Papouchado, knew that ownership of the land was disputed, but says he went ahead with government approval. Israel bases its claim to Taba on a 1906 Turkish map that delineated the border between Egypt and Palestine, which was then a province of the Ottoman empire. According to that document, the line ran close to three palm trees that still exist. The Egyptian counterclaim hinges on a 1915 map drawn up by British military surveyors, including T.E. Lawrence, the legendary Lawrence of Arabia. This map places the border on a hilltop more than half a mile east of the 1906 line...
...nation's elementary schools. The outspoken Secretary, who favors local initiative over guidance (or dollars) from Washington, released an 83-page rundown of what he believes should be the goals of primary-level curriculum and methods. Called First Lessons: A Report on Elementary Education in America, Bennett's document awarded passing grades in most subjects, but with room for improvement...
...broader church approval to lay activity like C.L.'s. The International Synod of Bishops, which meets every three years to advise the Pope on church teaching and practice, has set the role of the laity for its 1987 agenda. When the debates end, the Pontiff, who customarily issues a document summarizing the synod's conclusions and giving his own teaching, will establish more specific guidelines for lay action in reforming society...