Word: leveling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This gift will invigorate the School's rich tradition of public service by graduates at the federal level," said Dean Robert C. Clark in the release. "Perhaps this program will help produce the next Elizabeth Dole or Archibald...
...realize that whenever someone mentions the words "equal distribution of wealth," communism inevitably comes to mind. There are many ways, however, that the country could seek to level the playing field without resorting to heavy-handed, interventionist behavior. Capitalism does not imply an unregulated economy. A simple raise of the federal income-tax on the highest tax bracket would take money from those who can spare it and funnel it into public programs that desperately need money. Instead, both Republicans and Democrats are advocating spending much of the budget surplus on tax cuts that largely benefit the country's wealthier...
...This is one of the hardest openings we've had," McNitt says. "A lot of the change is being pushed down to the unit [individual dining hall] level...
...percent better than it was October 1," he says. "The stress level is way down...
...appellate briefs, but it showed that Microsoft was ready to play hardball. Microsoft has also formed the so-called Freedom to Innovate network, a "nonpartisan, grass-roots network of citizens and businesses" that happens to reside on the company's website. And it has undertaken an aggressive state-level lobbying campaign--mindful, perhaps, that the suit against it is being pressed by 19 state attorneys general. Another political variable that argues for Microsoft to stall for time: the upcoming presidential race. If the Republicans take the White House, they may be willing to settle on more favorable terms than...