Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should scrap the agreement in favor of persuading the Japanese to buy standard F-16s, minus the instructions for putting their most sensitive components together. On the other side, National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and Secretary of State James Baker contended that the agreement should proceed unchanged. But the lack of a Defense Secretary to argue the Pentagon's side handicapped the pro-FSX forces. Covering the middle ground, Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher thought he could abide the deal as long as the most crucial U.S. design secrets were not given away...
...Basically, after losing the first game, a close game, it was all downhill--except for the awesome third set," Crimson hitter Bennett Johnson said. "We were playing with our heads down. It was our attitude, not [the lack of skills], that destroyed...
...March 21, 1989, entitled "ROTC Holds First Drill on Campus in 20 Years." Although the article was factually correct, I was greatly disturbed by what Jaron Bourke '88-'89 and Professor Wylie said. Bourke said that "the militarization of college students is the unfortunate consequence of financial need and lack of commitment to higher education for all people." Although the financial aid of the ROTC program is helpful, it is not the only reason I decided to enroll in the Navy ROTC. I take great pride in serving my country and defending our democratic principles. In regard to higher education...
Bourke goes on to compare an ROTC student to an "indentured servant" who sells away 4 years of his or her life to get an education. This implies that I don't want to enter the Navy, but am forced to by lack of funds. This is just not true. Becoming a naval officer is one of the best opportunities I will ever have, and even if I weren't offered any money, I would still stay in the program...
...recent presidential election was a prime example of how this attitude can manifest itself. Charges of Dukakis' lack of patriotism were "nasty." And the racist use of Willie Horton certainly "divided America...