Word: establish
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...reparations idea is not a new one, but it has gathered some momentum since the Detroit city council last month asked Congress to establish a $40 billion education fund for the descendants of slaves. While the idea has a surface plausibility, its proponents might have overlooked important historical distinctions. Recent payments to Native Americans are the result of acknowledged violations of U.S. law, and the Japanese Americans who received compensation for their internment were the victims themselves, not their descendants...
...hardly a firebrand. He still holds three youth posts at the university. And he intends to apply for membership in the Communist Party soon. "I idolize the party just as Christians do their religion," he said. "If China must establish some ideology, we should rely on the party...
Your predecessor, Ronald W. Reagan, came into office with a clear set of objectives--beat inflation, rebuild the military, re-establish national pride. Within his first 100 days the hostages in Iran were released, inflation began to fall, Congress was forced to spend more on defense and the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched successfully...
...After losing to Yale, we really wanted to do a lot better in doubles," deLone said. "It helped establish the tone right away. Our goal is to win our three remaining Ivy matches and hope for an NCAA...
Solid leads for the Crimson (6-9-1 overall, 1-3 EIBL) are about as rare as a packed stadium for the Seattle Mariners. Harvard cannot put big innings together--it has been outscored, 101-78, this season, allowing teams to establish solid and often insurmountable leads...