Word: exportability
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Begay directs two Kennedy School-based projects which actively export Harvard to various tribes. The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and the National Executive Education Program for Native American Leadership analyze reservations' economic programs and train current tribal leaders to approach policy and institutional reforms, he says...
...export-oriented American business, an invitation to join the U.S. Commerce Secretary on one of his trade missions abroad is like a World Series ticket--the hottest seat in town, and something you just might pay top dollar to get. In 1992 Bill Clinton promised that his Administration would fight hard to help American companies win foreign business. That's a worthy goal of trade missions, which provide selected CEOs with priceless connections to the corporate heads and government officials of other nations...
Upton, whose grandfather was a founder of Whirlpool, is an ardent deficit fighter; in 1995, the Concord Coalition named him the fourth most fiscally conservative member of Congress. He initiated the fda Reform Plan, which enables medical-supply companies to produce goods for export that do not yet have fda approval--a popular program in the Sixth, home to Upjohn. Upton will be hard to beat; in five re-election bids, he has never won with less than 58% of the vote...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The Federal Government lets U.S. firms export toasters, movies and cars...without batting an eye. But when it comes to our drug and medical-device companies, outdated laws and red tape stand...
...recent decades Washington's manufacturing industry has been overtaken by high-tech companies like Nintendo and Microsoft, plus a thriving import-export sector. The Seattle area also gave birth to two major '90s trends: gourmet coffee shops, like Starbucks, and grunge music, via bands like Pearl Jam and Nirvana. The shifting economy and an influx of newcomers has led to political instability: in 1994 Washington's House delegation shifted more than any other state's, with six of nine seats moving from Democrat to Republican. This year, an electorate that's leaning leftward could bring some of those seats back...