Word: nationals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have more will than wallet," President George Bush told the nation in his inaugural address last month. But last week, in unveiling his $1.2 trillion budget proposal before a joint session of Congress, Bush exhibited less of the former and more of the latter...
THERE are many points in the new budget which seem admirable, but they are piecemeal measures, which do not indicate any real programs for combatting the large domestic problems this country faces. Bush does call for nearly $5.5 billion to combat the nation's drug crisis--almost $1 billion more than was spent this year--and he has agreed to fully fund programs for aid to the homeless as legislated by Congress. In an effort to improve America's economic "competitiveness," the plan would also target more research money to the National Science Foundation and make permanent the investment...
...South Lawn, of the President and the 50 or so people who made up the heart of the Government. They were to be whisked to the Blue Ridge Mountains and secreted in a command post under 600 ft. of stone, from there to run the war and the nation. Some newsmen were to be included to send out dispatches on presidential decisions, should any printing presses or broadcast facilities be left standing. We were ordered to stay within 20 minutes of the White House and near a phone. I brooded for a couple of days over the prospect of leaving...
...NATION: Bush's nominee to head the Pentagon runs into a buzz saw of questions about his conduct...
...Spotting a lucrative way to diversify, about half the nation's 24,500 optometrists -- specialists who examine eyes and prescribe corrective lenses -- offer some form of eye-improvement therapy, also called vision training. The premise is simple: while eyesight is largely determined by genetics, seeing is an acquired skill, developed through practice, much like walking or swimming. Says Richard Kavner, a New York City optometrist: "The goal is to improve faulty connections between the brain and eye muscle." Common exercises include walking on a balance beam while reading a chart, completing connect-the-dot pictures and touching points in patterns...