Word: minority
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Government officials and food experts the main problem is the way food is handled at the end of the supply chain, in restaurants and at home. Each year more than 7 million cases of illness develop as a result of contaminated food. Most of these ailments are minor, but others, such as meningitis and toxoplasmosis, are serious enough to cause 9,000 deaths. The economic costs in medical bills and lost wages and productivity add up to $10 billion. That is an enormous waste since most of the illnesses could be avoided with proper food-handling techniques...
...members of this partnership "coincidentally" included several who benefitted from lucrative government contracts in Gingrich's district. Although Newt says he will respond to charges of impropriety in this case, he has already admitted that it is unusual that such large sums of money were raised to publicize a minor political book...
...economic and domestic policy, the White House has been energetic but surprisingly maladroit, hopping among major and minor issues with little continuity or follow-through. The White House has also been inattentive about managing the news and delivering its message to the public, especially when compared with skills of the Reagan Administration or even with the "theme-of- the-day" Bush campaign. "The President has given nobody the overall authority to coordinate people's efforts and make sure things work around here," explains one senior Administration official. "And there's only so much that even a President as active...
Among the advantages of ad-hocracy, says Porter, is that "it communicates the image of a President personally in command." Among the disadvantages: it "frequently results in jurisdictional battles," and since "ad-hocracy does not differentiate between major and minor issues," the President's agenda can easily get muddled. In an interview, Porter emphasized that "most new Presidents engage in ad hoc decision making." He sees Bush's curiosity and openness as strengths. Another Administration official adds that the easy access the President grants is "one of the reasons people love to work...
...baby doomed to a painful struggle with, say, Tay- Sachs disease or Duchenne muscular dystrophy. But what about the mother of three daughters who wants to hold out for a son? Or the couple that one day may be able to learn whether an unborn baby has a minor genetic blemish? Only the most hardened pro-choice advocate would argue that prospective parents have the right to abort fetus after fetus until they get the "perfect" baby...