Word: vitalization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Canada has cast into doubt the rollout of GM's all-new Chevrolet minivan and other 1997 models. All production was halted in Canada last week after 28,500 members of the Canadian Auto Workers union walked out in a strike that has deprived some U.S. plants of vital parts. Without a settlement, analysts say, the company may have to close its 24 U.S. parts-and-assembly plants by the end of the month...
...their audience by becoming too elitist, too self-involved, too cynical. Stories about politics, for instance, focus mainly on campaign strategy--the "horse race," rather than substantive issues that have an impact on people's lives. "[Journalists] increasingly present public life mainly as a depressing spectacle, rather than a vital activity in which citizens can and should be engaged," writes Fallows. He adds, "The less Americans care about public life, the less they will be interested in journalism of any form." Fallows and others argue, moreover, that today's reporters--often well-paid, well-connected Washington insiders--are simply...
...true: smoke does get in your eyes. A pack or more a day of cigarettes can double a smoker's odds of developing macular degeneration, a disease of the retina that can lead to blindness. SMOKING depletes the body of vital nutrients that may protect eyes from the disease...
...School vouchers will lead to a mass exodus of the privileged. Who else can afford the increasingly high tuition of private schools? In many urban areas, school boards do not have the necessary resources to realize the benefits of a Republican empowerment plan. They, too, misread the charts and vital signs on education. If Republicans pull the plug on failing public schools, they must offer a successful alternative. If not, a further segregation between the elite and the poor will ensue. Poor school districts have a laundry list of needs, like money, energetic teachers, active parents and wise administrators...
...still undecided. What the candidates can expect to hear from them are concerns important to California voters, especially three hot-button issues: Proposition 209, a proposal to repeal affirmative action, Proposition 215, which would to allow medical uses of marijuana and the recently-enacted welfare reform bill, a vital issue in a state that contains about 40 percent of the country's immigrants. -->