Word: offerred
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Perkins says he believes the value of the HIID to the Aquino government is its ability to offer an informed outsider's perspective, which is partly based on past experience. During the past 25-years, the Institute has conducted projects in nearly 30 countries, mostly in Asia and Africa. Peter Timmer, for example, spent 17 years working on agricultural policy in Indonesia...
...Posterity is gearing up for the 200th anniversary celebration of the historic document the Founding Fathers produced. Like last year's extravaganza for the Statue of Liberty, the Constitution's bicentennial will offer a jarring contrast between high purpose and pure kitsch. True, the Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, headed by former Chief Justice Warren Burger, has rejected some of the more outrageous proposals. As a result, there will be no bicentennial brownie or constitutional hot dog. The commission has nevertheless designed a circular logo -- enclosing an American flag, an eagle and a scroll with the words...
Corporate sponsors and celebrities have been slow to jump on the bandwagon. Former President Gerald Ford is still considering an offer to be the guest of honor, and the Supreme Court rejected the idea of holding a session in Philadelphia during the celebration. To date, television network coverage of the eight-to-ten hours of Philadelphia festivities is still being negotiated. But the planners are certain their program will sell. "It's no different from the Super Bowl or the Olympics," says Richard Rovsek, the committee's national marketing director...
...soldiers gripe that the Communist insurgents have got a "free ride" in the media since the cease-fire began last December. Another standard beef: guerrillas are not held accountable for human-rights abuses, but soldiers are. Asks one soldier: "If Aquino can be soft on the ((Communist)) rebels and offer them amnesty, why can't she treat the rebel soldiers in the same...
Confronted with Democratic majorities in Congress and the still unresolved Iran scandal, the President resorts to familiar themes from his glory days. -- Capitol Hill' s new Democratic leaders offer a homespun rebuttal. -- A Senate investigation uncovers "real disarray" in the White House over Iran. -- Small private groups are finding creative solutions to the nation' s housing crisis...