Word: tempting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stiffest resistance could come from U.S. labor leaders and Democrats in Congress who fear that the trade pact would tempt companies to shift factories and jobs to low-wage Mexico. Declared Senator Donald Riegle, a Michigan Democrat: "To integrate our economy with a Third World economy will create massive unemployment here." Congressional critics seem certain to demand safeguards for U.S. jobs and the environment when the trade deal comes to a vote next year...
...good deal else that can be done, and Bush should begin listening to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp, the only Administration player who has thought seriously about urban problems. Kemp's proposals to turn over public-housing units to tenants and his incentive schemes to tempt business and industry into the inner cities have got nowhere with Bush. They should...
Struss said another company discussed a similar proposal last year with University officials. She said the request was denied ant set the precedent for this latest at tempt...
...cancer, doctors warn that it will never be a substitute for exercise, a low- fat, high-fiber diet or not smoking. Too many heart-disease patients have latched on to aspirin as a panacea and as an excuse to avoid changing lethal habits. The latest findings will probably, alas, tempt others to do the same...
...natter about Demi Moore turns into one hell of a burg. That's because the residents just can't stay away from needful things, buying stuff like folk medicine that mysteriously cures pain and cars that drive on no gas at all and just about anything else that can tempt greedy souls to trade away their most precious possession...