Word: understanding
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...think the U.S. continues to take Mexico for granted, although less so than before. The people with decision-making powers in the U.S. still do not understand the gravity of the problems Mexico is facing. I do not think there is a real appreciation in the U.S. yet for what the tremendous drop in the standard of living of the Mexican people really means, what the drop in government spending on education, on health, on infrastructure really means for the country and the people. I do not think the U.S. understands how close Mexico is to the brink...
...connotation in the U.S.: Communism, or anti-Americanism, which is not applicable to Cardenas. I would call Cardenas a left-of-center nationalist alternative to the present system. Does he represent a threat to the U.S.? I don't think so. I think most people in Mexico understand, as they have understood for years now, beginning with Cardenas' father ((President Lazaro Cardenas)) 50 years ago, that Mexico has to get along with the U.S. No government of Mexico can afford to fight endlessly, constantly, with the U.S. over every issue. Mexico cannot have an anti-American government...
...subcommittee will be watching closely to see how well the new IRS commissioner, Fred Goldberg Jr., who stepped in after the abrupt resignation * of Lawrence Gibbs last March, will follow up on the allegations. "I think all of us understand that we have a big challenge ahead of us," testified Goldberg near the conclusion of the hearings. Last week's uncomfortable spotlight may have supplied the IRS with some much needed motivation. Said Edward Habecker, a former IRS official, in testimony at the hearings: "What is lacking today within the IRS is not the tools, but the desire to maintain...
...yard and be away from it all," recalled the President. "Jaruzelski talked about his daughter away at school and how he hoped she was not under pressure from her classmates for what he did. Those are the things we all are used to hearing and we all understand...
...still don't understand why the Law School doesn't run one, or the Medical School," Marple says. "Parents are willing to pay if it will get their offspring thinking about their careers...