Word: helped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sure, and cast greedy eyes on credit cards, care packages and family visits that might help me make the transition from Dallas to the East more smoothly. But, despite my anticipated (and realistic) longings for the creature comforts of home, a look back at first year convinces me that both my parents and old Polonius knew what they were talking about. As a veteran of roommate wars over the surreptitiously borrowed and later stained white shirt or formal dress, I will be the first to say that borrowing and lending can have their disadvantages...
During the Vietnam War, the people believed they could affect change. They campaigned, marched, held sit-ins and protests and pickets, convinced that America's democracy could not help but respond to this showing of public opinion...
...working parents. Last week the Senate approved an ambitious Democratic plan, dubbed the Act for Better Child Care, or ABC, that would vastly expand the Federal Government's role, at a cost of $8.75 billion over the next five years. The bill would authorize $1.75 billion each year to help low-income parents pay for child care. Parents would receive 70% of the funds directly; the remaining 30% would go to the states to expand day-care services...
Ivory Coast officials want the Vatican to provide the $1.5 million in estimated annual maintenance costs. Rome, however, was not consulted on the undertaking and thus feels no financial responsibility, though it may help supervise an international fund for the extraordinary edifice. Confides a Vatican official: "The size and expense of the building in such a poor country make it a delicate matter. But it is a project close to the President's heart, and he sees it as an experience of faith. We want to respect that...
...minimize the risks to skin and the immune system. People who have allergic reactions to ) the sun, in the form of hives, blisters, red blotchy areas or bumps, may be using some drug, cosmetic or perfume that makes them more sensitive to sunlight. Avoiding such products will generally help solve the problem...