Word: moonshot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contrast, The Showtime 30-Minute Movie, premiere of a series, takes a no- frills, no-big-names approach to three first films by new directors. In Conquering Space, a girl discovers first lust, learns to drive and watches her family fall apart at pre-moonshot Cape Canaveral. In 12:01 P.M., a twitchy corporate flunky has terminal deja vu, condemned to repeat endlessly one hour of a single day. In To the Moon, Alice, a homeless family takes nightly refuge on the comfy set of a TV sitcom...
...most political of the six objectives calls for U.S. students to rank first, worldwide, in math and science. The "moonshot goal," as one White House wag dubbed it, is a rare admission by Bush that America is falling behind its foreign competitors, especially the Japanese. The evidence of failure is abundant. In a recent international survey, American 13-year-olds finished last in math and nearly last in science. Bush stiffened his proposal by requesting, in his 1991 budget, a $100 million increase in the education programs of the National Science Foundation and a $230 million grant to help states...