Word: fixes
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...Members of Congress have proposed a host of bills to fix that, by giving Amtrak and the states anywhere from $20 billion to $70 billion in tax-exempt bonds and loan guarantees. But despite a diverse coalition of passenger-rail supporters, from Senate majority leader Tom Daschle to his Republican counterpart Trent Lott, it's unlikely that Amtrak will control all the funding or that it will survive much longer in its current form...
...remedy the underlying problem: the elevator keeps breaking down. New Quincy resident Engi Wassef 02 complains that she is never surprised when the elevator is out of commission, since it doesnt work more than it does work. Lee defends the reasoning behind the phone, saying that whenever they fix the elevator, they fix it as best they can without replacing the elevator itself. The phone, he justifies, is a measure to make sure [students] arent stuck there for any length of time...
...debating matters related to the common good. Nor have we resolved the question of political legitimacy. We in the Arab world seem unable to fathom the principle that charity starts at home. Unrest is never our fault. It is time for us to realize that we have to fix our own world first, that we actually do have some control of our destiny and that the West is not our enemy. All proud Arabs must see harsh dictators and radical manipulators for what they are and not as heroes. AMIN K. KAWAR Amman
...strip to guide the gunships in. That has added another hazard to the difficult job of locating bin Laden and the Taliban leadership and going for their throats. British intelligence believes the bombing campaign has flushed bin Laden out of his hiding places, providing opportunities for prying eyes to fix his location and sell the information to the U.S. The forces arrayed against him are growing; last week Britain committed 200 Royal Marine commandos to participate in search-and-destroy ground raids...
...real enemy is silent and deadly, a mental disorder so pervasive and persistent that it defies any quick-fix cure. Call it, if you will, the Harvard Syndrome...