Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also does not address the problem offinancing such travel. The East German mark is notconvertible and lack of foreign currency couldmake a legal trip impossible...
SUCH a comparison may in the end not be all that productive. One could just as easily compare the United States to South Africa on the basis of our lack of a national health insurance system...
...many, those kind of practical disincentives work against the commitment to public service. High loan payments and a lack of experience in common pro bono fields discourage young attorneys from taking the extra effort to provide the poor with legal...
Abortion-rights activists may be winning over politicians and the public, but they still lack the muscle to override their most powerful opponent. Two weeks ago, George Bush vetoed a bill to permit Medicaid to pay for the abortions of the victims of rape or incest. Last week, by a count of 231 to 191, the House of Representatives fell 51 votes short of the two-thirds majority necessary to overturn him. Bush then vetoed the District of Columbia's $3.4 billion annual budget because it includes Medicaid funds for abortion...
...Poland have successfully evicted the old chefs from the kitchen, they are having a hard time settling on who will help concoct a different mix. After years of popular revolt, the Poles have installed a Solidarity-led government, but that new leadership is brushing up against its own lack of experience. Within the Sejm, Solidarity is having problems enforcing party discipline. Out in the provinces, the government is having an even tougher time persuading Communist officials to relinquish their privileges, let alone their posts...