Word: roofed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...having large programs such as Aid for Dependent Children, school lunch subsidies and the Women, Infants and Children supplements under one big roof makes a lot of sense. We have national standards (though even now the states have too much leeway for compliance) and a fantastic capacity for gathering and pooling information in utilization reviews...
...Japanese have never followed only one religion. Shinto, an animistic nature cult, has coexisted for centuries with different Buddhist sects; there is also a Christian minority. But starting in the late 19th cen-tury, an official attempt was made to bring all Japanese under one spiritual roof. The nation was taught to follow the imperial cult, called State Shinto: the belief that the Japanese Emperor is divine, that the Japanese are de-scended from their ancient gods, and that any order from a superior-in the government, in the army, at school-must be obeyed without question. State Shinto turned...
...hour flight by Columbia last year. While weather at Kennedy is expected to improve only slightly by tomorrow, nearly perfect conditions are forecast for the Mojave Desert landing strip. NASA prefers Kennedy because it costs $1 million to ferry shuttles from California to Florida on the roof of a jumbo...
...aged gay man who is unwilling to sacrifice his dream of a close-knit family, no matter what the wishes of that 'family' might be. He brings together his frantic ex-wife Trina (Leslie Yahia), antisocial son Jason (Chris Terrio), and vain lover Whizzer (Michael Stone) all under one roof. Marvin's hapless efforts to fit all the pieces of his life together provide the comic energy of the first half. Flung into this house of neurotics is also Martin's less-than-stable psychiatrist, Mendel (Reese Snow), who is immediately love-struck for Trina...
...groups and universities. But many speeches are for free: to kids in inner-city schools, to inmates at a prison in Lorton, Virginia, to a veterans' hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Powell quietly helps out at a homeless shelter in Washington, organizing a clothing drive and delivering mattresses on the roof of his station wagon...