Word: swaying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Veterans' Day, diplomacy holds sway as Washington opts to deal with Saddam Hussein via the United Nations. More
...overall cause lost a lot of momentum when a big government study came out in 1966 contending that student achievement is not very closely related to school spending levels. Ever since then, the idea that you can't fix substandard local schools by throwing money at them has held sway...
...that may be too much buck and too little bang to sway a Congress averse to social spending. But even as they went about savaging the national-test plan last week, the White House's opponents on the Hill proffered an expensive alternative. "Rather than spend [millions] on one more test," Goodling said, "House Republicans and many Democrats would rather send federal dollars directly to the classroom." Sounds surprisingly un-Republican. Did we mention that 1998 is an election year...
When it comes to using the clout of a Harvard president to sway public policy, Rudenstine's critics have often said he is no Derek Bok, who seemed to spend more time in Congressional chambers than Massachusetts halls...
When it comes to using the clout of a Harvard president to sway public policy, Rudenstine's critics have often said he is no Derek Bok, who seemed to spend more time in Congressional chambers than Massachusetts halls...