Word: fixed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...funny thing. In nine months of school I watched hardly any television. Sure, every now and then I found myself taking in an episode of Seinfeld. Once in a while I tuned in for a late-night fix of Politically Incorrect. And of course I was obligated to endure the annual ritual of watching the Knicks fold in the second round of the playoffs. But my relationship to television from September through May has, through three years of college, grown quite efficient: I've learned to use it only when it's the best or only means of being delivered...
...Administration officials have recently come at the problem from a new angle. They propose to fight technology with technology. This week President Clinton will convene a meeting of Internet providers, family groups and others during which he'll propose to protect kids from indecency with a software fix...
...recognizing the importance of revitalizing their Main Streets, once decimated by the rise of megamalls and fast-food outlets. Whether they're restoring a downtown or starting a day-care center, people are less likely to plot ways to get federal grants or insist that the government come fix the problem...
School crises just like this one have tripped up their share of Republican Governors in recent years. After a state court tossed out New Jersey's funding system, Governor Christine Whitman tried to fix the imbalance by tying new money to student performance on statewide tests--a bold approach, but one the courts have refused to accept. In April, Illinois Governor Jim Edgar spent leftover campaign funds on TV ads to build support for his solution--raising income taxes. But his own party killed the bill in committee. Having watched these stumbles, Voinovich is aiming at something more modest. Early...
...properly; perhaps revenues from a higher federal cigarette tax should be earmarked for this purpose. Arguments that government-certified weaker cigarettes might only encourage youngsters to take up the habit, would-be quitters not to, and addicted smokers to consume more cigarettes to compensate for their reduced fix per puff cannot be airily dismissed. But failure to outlaw the present high-yielding brands is a far more perilous course...