Word: vows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prudent wannabe, recognizing the pitfalls inherent in this enterprise, finds a new affinity group--preferably one oriented toward law and economics. The intellectually adventurous wannabe, takes a vow of poverty, digs in her heels and prepares for a bumpy ride...
...erupt when the President formally unveils his $1.6 trillion budget this week. While promising to eliminate or consolidate hundreds of programs and slash $144 billion in spending over the next five years, the President's plans do not cut deeply enough to balance the budget by 2002, which Republicans vow they will do-though how remains to be determined...
...erupt when the President formally unveils his $1.6 trillion budget this week. While promising to eliminate or consolidate hundreds of programs and slash $144 billion in spending over the next five years, the President's plans do not cut deeply enough to balance the budget by 2002, which Republicans vow they will do--though how remains to be determined...
...case of the assault-weapons ban, the Speaker acted more aggressively. Though Republican leaders know they have to allow a repeal vote eventually, Clinton's State of the Union vow to fight a rollback caused the National Rifle Association to demand a quick show of strength in the House, something Gingrich fears will turn voters off before the 100 days are up. Determined not to let the issue derail his contract, Gingrich came up with a compromise that the N.R.A. reluctantly accepted: February hearings that would allow progun groups to speak, followed by a vote sometime in the spring...
...particular, Howard raised the issue of Black student achievement. He proposed a hypothetical Harvard entering class whose Black members "decided to take a vow to take this institution seriously--to do well at Harvard, and having been to Harvard, to make it work" for themselves and their communities...