Word: establishment
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Child care is fast emerging as a political issue. At least three Democratic presidential candidates have been emphasizing the need for better facilities and calling for federal action. Former Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt has proposed that the U.S. Government establish a voucher system to help low- income parents pay for day care. Delaware Senator Joseph Biden favors federal child-care subsidies for the working poor and tax incentives to encourage businesses to provide day care. If elected, he vows, he will set up a center for White House employees as an example to other employers. Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis...
...black-owned firm in East St. Louis, Ill., has doubled its sales and almost tripled its work force in four years in the SBA program. Dennis Yee, the son of Chinese immigrants who used federal funds to build Abacus Technology in Washington, hails the SBA for allowing him "to establish a top-quality, competitive consulting firm...
However, panelist Hollis B. Chenery, Cabot Professor of Economics Emeritus, said that the program will be hard to apply elsewhere because its success was dependent on the ability of the European governments to work together. "It is much harder to establish [collaboration] in other situations," he said...
...establish and maintain a sense among Harvard workers that their union will be a friend and supporter, HUCTW leaders say that the union must maintain its own autonomy despite its national backing. They add that AFSCME has been wise not to meddle excessively in the local operation...
After two years of lobbying, the State senate this spring passed legislation that complies with federal regulations that requires states to establish in-state storage sites...