Word: soles
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...studied what to propose. Onstage alone for 10 hours in the Old Executive Office Building, Magaziner stressed again that the Administration intends to give states maximum flexibility in delivering a basic benefits package. To the many in his audience who favor a "single-payer" system (government acts as sole insurer and pays all bills), Magaziner advised, "If you think single payer is best, then argue for that in your state...
...debate over Moreno's brain-child is no exception. Though her fans adore her, the sentiments of her foes are just as intense. The assertion that her MacIntyre column is well-read and well-written is probably the sole point on which Moreno's readers concur...
Tourism whose sole aim is the exploitation of children is so out in the open that a new organization has sprung up to combat it: ECPAT, or End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism. Founded three years ago by three Asia-based Christian groups, ECPAT now has offices in 14 nations -- there are four in the U.S. -- and extensive links with religious and social organizations around the world dedicated to fighting child prostitution. Pressure by ECPAT and groups like it have already had some impact; in 1992 the Philippine government adopted a Child Protection Code to guard against child abuse...
...sympathetic than whites to the plight of Haitian refugees, but also far more worried than whites about competition from immigrants for jobs. In Florida's Dade County, where 60% of the residents are now Spanish-speaking, the county commission voted unanimously to repeal a 1980 ordinance making English the sole language for official business. But their opponents are protesting that the repeal violates an English-only amendment to the Florida constitution approved in 1988 by a statewide vote of more than...
...INFORMATION HIGHWAY: At Microsoft we have hundreds of people whose sole job it is to create the software that will make the info highway an idea worth having . . . The way in which you find and interact with information will change. It's not going to change tomorrow. It takes time figuring out these regulatory things, raising $200 billion ((to build the electronic highway)), making it easy to use, getting people's mind around it. But when that day comes, we will be a major player in delivering the software that makes...