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Word: takings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Both candidates tout campaign finance reform as a political cure-all, the argument being that if we can just take big money and special interests out of the picture, we'll return the government to the people. They say special interests have crippled Congress, rendering it unable to make the improvements the public demands in such areas as health care, education and Social Security. The tack appears to be working as polls show both candidate's popularity on the rise in New Hampshire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Handshake Part II: McCain and Bradley Team Up on Campaign Finance | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...program will invite four to five students to Cambridge for a course of study lasting five to six years. Candidates for the degree will take classes in the Department of Afro-American Studies and in other departments such as history, economics and music...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman and Michael L. Shenkman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faculty Council Okays Af-Am Studies Ph.D. | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...Take the I.Q. away from all friends and onlookers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Dear Dr. Know | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...Bryan: The other side of this professors thing, it's what you make of the experience. Every semester I have been able to take a class with fewer than 10 people and a professor, establish a relationship with that person, end up having e-mail contact with that person afterwards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: A Table with Big Mouths | 12/16/1999 | See Source »

...pamphlet asks students to vote on a number of different incarnations the RUS of the future could take. Options range from "Radcliffe Union of Students should begin a campaign to raise an endowment from the Radcliffe College Alumni Association so that we can continue our discussions and grants as usual" to a blank space for written suggestions...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre and Lisa B. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Women's Groups to Kick Off First RUS Initiative | 12/15/1999 | See Source »

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