Word: stepped
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Faced with that daunting challenge, Bush and the Governors were able to reach an unprecedented agreement to set national performance standards and goals for the schools and to measure each state's progress. Only a few years ago, such a step would have provoked loud complaints against federal encroachment on the traditional autonomy of states and local school districts. Now, however, the idea of national standards is supported by solid majorities in opinion polls. "Bold action is what we need," Bush told the Governors. "The American people are ready for radical reforms." Despite the high- flown rhetoric, however, the summit...
...proposals place the burden of monitoring and disciplining researchers on universities, said Newburgh. "The NIH would step in only if it determined the university was not doing the job," she said...
...most important step to take at this stage, Scott says, is to make sure similar incidents do not happen in the future...
During debate over an order sponsored by William H. Walsh and dealing with the petition signers, Duehay took an almost unheard-of step. He asked Walsh to remove his name from the measure, saying that the councillor was not qualified to address an issue of racial inequality...
...will never control the use of illicit drugs or the abuse of alcohol among this age group if we do not take the fundamental--though perhaps politically unpopular--step of encouraging colleges and universities to adopt policies on campus alcohol advertising and alcohol industry sponsorship of college activities, "Bingaman said Tuesday...