Word: state
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...State leaders now are trying to learn from this academic debacle. There is debate over whether White's resignation reflects structural deficiencies in the Maryland educational system or merely a premature decision by White...
...then appointed the selfproclaimed guru of free-market economics in Argentina, Alvaro Alsogaray, to be his leading economic adviser. Ignoring the opposition of the telephone unions, Menem gave Alsogaray's daughter the task of privatizing the state-run telephone company that has for years been ridiculed by Argentines, who have a host of horror stories to tell about how tough it is to make routine local calls...
...Menem can successfully implement the necessary economic reforms (privatizing the woefully inefficient state-run enterprises that cause the massive state deficits, allowing the central bank greater autonomy in setting monetary policy and overhauling the primitive system of tax collection that enables economic elites to get a free ride) Argentina will likely recover, though the process will inevitably be very long and painful for the nation...
...asked Healy to provide a list of the criteria for creating new appointments and positions in city agencies in effect since Gov. Michael S. Dukakis announced a hiring freeze in August to compensate for the loss of more than $210 million in state aid to Massachusetts cities and towns. Walsh sponsored the order...
Hugo also threatens the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, and civil defense authorities in the Dominican Republic declared a state of emergency yesterday afternoon...