Word: keyed
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This administration's economy, a key rallying point for the Bush campaign, has been built more on mergers and acquisitions than industrial might, more on foreign buyouts of U.S. property than strong U.S. trade, more on American stagnation than American inventiveness. While Reagan pushed through tax breaks for the wealthy, the poor and middle class paid out a higher share of their income in taxes. Nine million working Americans live below the poverty line...
...world is at a key turning point in international affairs. Communist countries are opening to the West and democratic reforms. Now is the time to negotiate in terms of peace and trade, not just weaponry; Dukakis has shown a willingness...
...Popularity and name recognition are two very different things," according to Ellen Wilkins, a spokesperson for Malone's campaign. "In a race with Ted Kennedy, 40 percent of the people know him and like him, 40 percent know him and dislike him. The key is winning the hearts and minds of the other 20 percent...
When Washington Mayor Marion Barry handed a golden key to Kimi Gray last week, an unprecedented transaction was at hand: tenants of a once run-down public- housing complex were about to buy the property. Gray had been fighting for this moment since 1981, when she decided that the Kenilworth projects' 464 apartments needed tenant management. Gray organized and inspired the tenants, got them to keep their kids in school and hunt for jobs. By 1986, rent receipts were up 77%; Gray says welfare dependency, once as high as 85%, is down...
With Canada's balloting set for Nov. 21, last Tuesday's impassioned exchange between John and Brian in an Ottawa television studio easily bested anything between George and Michael. The key issue during the emotionally charged three-hour debate was the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement signed by Mulroney and Ronald Reagan in January and passed by the U.S. Congress. The agreement, which has yet to be approved by the Canadian Senate, has propelled to the surface profound and often submerged anxieties over Canada's self-image and its relationship with its neighbor to the south...