Word: presentational
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Europe's growth rate would be bad news for the U.S. economy. Washington has been counting on increased exports to Europe to help curb America's huge trade deficit, which hit a record $169 billion in 1986. But there is no assurance that Western Europe can keep up its present consumption of American imports ($59 billion last year), much less develop a greater appetite...
...refused to submit evacuation plans to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for nuclear power plants in their states. Under existing law, no plant can be cleared for operation by the NRC unless an evacuation plan has been submitted. The governors both said that they could not in good conscience present a plan because they did not believe their citizens would be safe in an accident...
...promptly decided to change its laws to enable these paints to go into use despite the refusal of the governors to present safety plans. The Markey Amendment essentially sought to prevent the NRC from relaxing these standards...
...Schroeder waited so long to get into the race her campaign will be "too little, too late." Republicans take undisguised pleasure in her bid, predicting that, like Jesse Jackson's, it will exacerbate the Balkanization of the Democratic Party. To the seven male Democrats battling for recognition, Schroeder could present a threat if she can pre-empt the support of a large corps of female voters, who account for 53% of the Democratic electorate. Says candidate Joe Biden, Senator from Delaware: "She can attract a lot of support...
...original intent precludes the notion that the Founding Fathers originally intended us to evolve as a people into something better than we were. The nation, and indeed the President's legacy, would be better served by a Justice who views the Constitution as a living part of the present rather than a relic from the past...