Word: establishing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Frye's earliest academic concerns as a faculty member at Harvard was to persuade the University to establish a Middle Eastern Studies Center...
Western diplomats have privately expressed hope that Iran will exert its leverage within Hizballah for further hostage releases, especially now that Tehran is seeking to emerge from diplomatic isolation and establish new ties with the West. But apparently that decision is not entirely to the liking of one high-ranking Iranian, namely Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iranians, he said in a written message last week, must continue to "use their oppressor- burning flames against both the criminal Soviet Union and the world- devouring United States," looking "neither east nor west" for their future. His tone was hardly that of someone contemplating...
George Briggs, an administrator in Jamaica, said he feels the program is "very worthwhile." Both participants cite the Mason program as a unique opportunity to establish contacts in the U.S. and in other countries...
...Columbia currently subsidizes private school tuition for the children of administrators and faculty," she said. "This is a precedent and should establish a basic staff child care benefit...
...that reason, family issues are among the hottest topics of political debate in this election year. Congress is considering more than 100 child-care bills, including the so-called ABC (Act for Better Child Care) bill. Backed by Michael Dukakis but opposed by the Reagan Administration, the measure would establish a $2.5 billion program of child-care grants to the states and would set federal standards for day-care facilities. Vice President George Bush has proposed an alternative approach: a $1,000 tax credit to help families pay for , child care. Under this plan, families earning too little to qualify...