Word: reaganized
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...decision has been in jeopardy since the Reagan administration committed itself to appointing antiabortion justices. This year, the court agreed to hear the case of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, in which the state of Missouri challenged the Roe decision. In 1986, the last time the Supreme Court considered the issue, it reaffirmed Roe by a 5-4 vote. But since then, Justice Lewis F. Powell, who voted with the majority, has been replaced by Justice Anthony Kennedy, whom many believe opposes...
Every year, it seems, the same scenario takes place. The University announces a tuition hike that greatly outpaces inflation. It then tries to justify this high increase by blaming the Reagan administration's attempts to slash federal funds for higher education and emphasizing the high cost of maintaining competitive faculty salaries and upgrading the University's physical facilities. Financial aid officials then assure the two-thirds of the student body who receive financial aid that their needs will...
Some Democrats were hinting that Dole and Sununu, who are both more combative than Bush, might be eager for a return to the confrontational days of the Reagan era. "If you're John Sununu and you're more conservative than your President," said a Democratic veteran, "this is a way to get ((him)) to take on Congress early on." Given the large Democratic majorities on Capitol Hill, Republicans scoff at the idea. "We're not that dumb," said a top White House aide...
...speak openly of responding to Bush's budget proposals with a plan of their own. For its part, the White House hinted that it may soon ask Congress for renewed nonmilitary aid to the Nicaraguan contras, a red flag to Democrats who repeatedly fought over the contras with the Reagan Administration. Meanwhile, the public is left with an image of the Senate as a cockpit of partisan squabbling, the White House as a center of questionable decision making, and the city of Washington as Sodom- and-Gomorrah-by-the-Potomac. It's enough to make the whole town start singing...
Liberals like choice because it gives underprivileged students a chance for a better education. Conservatives like it because it is cheap, fosters competition among schools, and transfers power from administrators to parents. Says Chester Finn Jr., an Assistant Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan: "Choice has everything going for it, and nothing against...