Word: targets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economist uses his techniques to predict the rate at which new AIDS cases will be reported, and his projections seem to be on target. Says a Government scientist: "Every month Hay's numbers look better and better, while the official estimates look worse...
...bill was also amended 13 times by Sen.Joseph R. Biden (D-Del.), the chair of theJudiciary Committee. Among Biden's amendments weremeasures expanding treatment programs for addicts,hiring more federal agents to target drugtrafficking organizations, increasing funds forstate and local drug enforcement officials andextending incentives encouraging companies toresearch drug treatment...
...committee's target numbers actually callfor a smaller increase in minority scholars thanYale has seen in the last 10 years, according toThe Yale Daily News. The report attributes themodest targets to the small pool of minorityacademics and an unwillingness to hire tenuredfaculty simply "by raiding our fellowinstitutions...
...easy group to target," he says...
...Everglades to promote his political fortunes. "All we are asking is that the state of Florida abide by what is already on the books." To comply, however, the state will have to take on the powerful sugar lobby. While not a defendant, sugar is clearly the suit's target. For Florida to meet Lehtinen's water-purity standards, farmers would have to convert at least 40,000 acres into marshes to filter their pollution. Instead, the sugar industry has questioned the U.S. Attorney's motives and disputed his scientists' data. "The first question is, Which sugar mill will...