Word: sand
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...past, the difference between a $250 million deficit and a $273 million deficit didn't matter," says TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson. "The two sides would just raid Social Security. But the Republicans have drawn a line in the sand with spending caps, and Clinton has gone along with it." Hence the tortuous negotiations over relatively small amounts of money. Although Republicans appeared to be making concessions to the White House over funding additional police and paying U.N. dues, education is still shaping up as a fight. Although the two sides are only $200 million apart over how much...
...good mayor, having served under the traditional liberal mayor Francis H. Duehay '55. Galluccio has shown that he is not afraid to face up to the changing reality of Cambridge while other members have their hearts set on bringing rent control back and their heads stuck in the sand. The support Galluccio has received from Cambridge voters is an indication that he would be a strong candidate to lead the council with guidance and vision...
...that are easier to reuse. For example, Jesse Ausubel, director of the Program for the Human Environment at Rockefeller University, predicts that architects will increasingly rely on new types of foamed glass that can be made unusually strong but still lightweight. Glass is a very recyclable material made from sand, and it can be crushed back essentially into sand. Ausubel thinks we could see foamed glass replace much of the concrete in today's buildings...
...uncle and my boss and Bob Dole get to look back on when they're 64: military days. I'm going to boot camp at the same spot where my dad went less willingly: Fort Jackson, in South Carolina. I hear the whole place is built on sand. Dad, who shares absolutely none of my excitement about this, has a story about a fellow grunt who thought he was Napoleon, was always standing on a hill, surveying his men, when everybody else was running in the heat. Though I don't expect today's Army to take that sort...
Meanwhile, as the specter of incessant tests from kindergarten to law school haunts those still in diapers, the Democratic candidates seem to have their heads firmly stuck in the sand. The issue perhaps most near and dear to the hearts of students nationwide is being discussed on only one side of the fence. Could it be that the Republicans are leading the way in education these days? With Texas Governor George W. Bush presiding over one of the greatest turnarounds in state education history and the Republicans in the Senate granting $300 million more for education in the budget than...