Word: tooled
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...year-old Mexican immigrant from a working-class family. When we moved to El Paso 14 years ago, we had no knowledge of American culture and language or the obstacles we would face. Today I can proudly say that education has been the most valuable tool in enabling us to succeed in the U.S. As a physician, I understand the need to improve life on the border. These underdeveloped areas need more money for schools, health care and job creation--and the water necessary to survive. JUAN R. PEREZ, M.D. El Paso, Texas...
...artists featured in your report about the comeback of rock [MUSIC, June 11] are some of the most creative and talented musicians of the past decade. I have looked forward to the release of the new CDs from rockers Tool and Weezer as monumental events in my life. However, I anticipate the demise of mindless, commercial teen pop even more. I hope that you are right to predict that the music industry is undergoing a major change and that CD sales and critical acclaim will inspire other rock acts to emerge. I have endured the boy and girl bands long...
...Even if they had laid down some proposals as a rhetorical tool, as a placeholder, they might have had a chance. But now that composition of the Senate has changed, and the now that the tax cut took so much out of the budget, there's just not enough money left over for anything major, and any changes they do make look like they'll be funded by reducing size of the military...
...around sniffing students' breath or smelling their cups." Despite their complaints, college heads have been disinclined to make a public case for lowering the drinking age, knowing how controversial that would be. Meanwhile, on a number of campuses, administrators are employing what turns out to be a remarkably powerful tool to curb excessive drinking: simple information. When college students are asked how much drinking takes place on their campuses, they almost always guess too high. In a 1996 survey at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, students said their peers were drinking five times a week. In truth...
...LEFTY LOOSEY, RIGHTY TIGHTY The screwdriver is the only major mechanical tool not independently invented by the Chinese. An early use of screws was by medieval jousting knights to fasten their armor...