Word: properous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...letter released last week, the deans wrote that the current board, who were all appointed by former President Ronald W. Reagan, "are undermining the proper functions of the Corporation. "Under the corporation's charter, Reagan's board will serve until Bush appoints...
Foley is not letting personal attacks on him keep the House from cleaning up its mess; his first joint act with Michel was to ask for a tough ethics-reform package. Investigating Congressmen who abuse the public trust is the proper business of the House. Mudslinging...
...break its ties with the Chinese government and risk a devastating setback to both strategic and commercial interests? Neither, said the President, who is something of an old China hand, having headed the U.S. mission to Beijing in 1974-75. Bush tried, as he put it, "to find a proper, prudent balance" -- to toe-dance between the horns of the dilemma...
...when two parents are present, both often have demanding jobs and are absorbed in their own concerns. Sometimes the parents are strung out on alcohol or drugs. The result is that children do not get the nurturing, guidance or supervision necessary to instill a set of values and a proper code of behavior...
...lost sight of its intellectual mission. The Faculty now spends its energy fighting with the administration about converting a gas station site into a hotel or offices. More effort seems to be spent on improving the return on the University endowment than on ensuring that undergraduates are receiving the proper education...