Word: granted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidates, Dukakis veers closer to being protectionist. He would grant ailing industries temporary relief if they use the breathing space to make necessary adjustments, including investments in plant, equipment and worker retraining. Counters Bush, who bills himself as a defender of free trade: "To some, competitiveness means protectionism and pointing the finger at our trading partners without trying to improve quality and productivity at home. To me, that is not competitiveness. Instead, that is weakness and defeatism." But Reagan has agreed to trade restrictions on everything from motorcycles to semiconductors, and a President Bush would probably be just as pragmatic...
...speech entitled "Putting Crises to Work for People," Grant argued that crises, like mass poverty, usually give rise to political or scientific solutions...
...really hard choices that have led to major advances in the last fifty to a hundred years have been made without a major crisis," Grant said...
...example of a crisis lacking solution, Grant said, "For two-thirds to three-fourths of the principal causes of death and malnutrition, there is a low-cost technology solution...
...children front we have an opportunity for breakthrough," Grant said. "It's just a question of will." He concluded by telling the audience, "A lot of people like you have to put your mind to scheming on these things again...