Word: facedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Faced with such unpleasant responsibilities, what did Washington do? Once again, it lost itself in a politically irresistible orgy of tax reduction. By voting to fulfill George Bush's campaign promise and cut capital-gains taxes, House Republicans and renegade Democrats jumped at a short-term boost in revenues against...
Faced with that daunting challenge, Bush and the Governors were able to reach an unprecedented agreement to set national performance standards and goals for the schools and to measure each state's progress. Only a few years ago, such a step would have provoked loud complaints against federal encroachment on...
Faced with a shortage of couples for the growing numbers of special-needs children, adoption officials have been forced to discard orthodox notions of what constitutes a family. Two years ago a White House task force recommended that states eliminate barriers to adoption by singles like Mazzafro, working couples, older...
B.U. has also faced questions aboutaccountability in its actions and use of funds.
But Healy warned that the coming decade could prove to be a difficult financial period for Cambridge. "Now as we enter a new decade, the City finds itself in a transitional period. The slow down of the local economy means that the City can no longer depend upon continued increases...