Word: importantally
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On these issues, the rhetoric of Michael Dukakis and George Bush is virtually interchangeable. Both candidates shun the word Underclass; neither accepts the word's implication that there are Americans who cannot even reach the first rung of the economic ladder. Such linguistic prissiness and ideological timidity make addressing the...
The Vice President may fumble in debate, and some of his views are found elusive (51% say Bush is "avoiding the real issues" of the campaign; 41% say the same of Dukakis). Bush's choice of Dan Quayle as his running mate also arouses opposition (47% say it reflects unfavorably...
Despite the excitement about Discovery's mission, and the talk of the U.S. space program getting back on track, some caution flags were raised last week. "It was an impressive and important first step," says John Logsdon, director of George Washington University's Space Policy Institute. "But many of the...
The so-called Baker plan of 1985 aimed to provide a long-term solution to the debt crisis. The initiative called for $29 billion in new loans from commercial banks and lending agencies like the World Bank. There was one important condition: the debtor nations had to modernize their economies...
These imaginative and important steps, however, will reduce total Third World debt by only a tiny fraction. Bankers may find that if they move too cautiously in easing the debt burden, more sweeping solutions to the problem may be forced upon them.