Word: tools
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...have many of Gonzales' neighbors. In Los Angeles County, which has an estimated street homeless population of more than 30,000, a growing number of the poor are the not-quite-homeless, forced to live in garages, automobiles, even tool sheds and converted chicken coops. The Los Angeles Times estimates that as many as 200,000 stay in some 42,000 garages that rent for $200 to $600 a month. Constituting a new, anomalous demographic stratum, this group is made up mostly of Hispanic working poor, many of them illegal immigrants fresh from the Mexican border. Says William Baer, associate...
What the proper role of the council should be has been a matter of fierce debate and is still unresolved. While some see the council simply as a student government, others see it as a tool for improving student social life. Yet others say the council should take a more active role in confronting the administration especially on political issues...
Worried about a sagging economy and a dangerous international trade deficit, today's congressmen have been frantically seeking ways to improve America's economic competitiveness. Due to the efforts of Harvard and other universities' lobbyists, a consensus has arisen on Capitol Hill that higher education is the most efficient tool for improving the nation's long-term economic health. Many congressmen believe that financial support is essential for basic scientific research and student financial aid to produce the technology and the highly-trained work force America needs to improve its economy...
...routine counts for about 25 percent of their grade," Jones said, "but they also had to write papers on humor as a management tool, humor in leadership, understanding cross-cultural humor and the use of humor in managing conflict...
Already a consummate host famed for his megaparties, Malcolm Forbes, 67, last week managed to top even himself. The publishing tycoon pulled out all the stops at his 75-acre estate in Far Hills, N.J., for the 70th birthday of Forbes magazine, which sports the motto "Capitalist Tool." At dusk 100 bagpipers marched from the hills toward a 13-ft. by 20-ft. replica of a Scottish castle floodlighted and surrounded by artificial fog -- and that was just the dinner announcement. Then some 1,100 VIP guests -- including Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters, Jerry Hall and Tom Brokaw -- dined...