Word: withholds
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...question is being asked by an increasing number of parents, school administrators and civil rights organizations in response to the Bush Administration's proposals for a national system of exams called the American Achievement Tests. FairTest, an organization based in Cambridge, Mass., has already written Congress asking legislators to withhold funding from the Bush program, arguing that it will not improve U.S. education and might damage it. "Politicians cannot simply mandate new tests and expect education to improve magically," says FairTest associate director Monty Neill. That opinion was echoed last week in Miami Beach, at the annual convention...
...prisoners and only a few remain in jail because of a dispute over the exact definition of a "political" prisoner. The A.N.C. insists that hundreds are still behind bars. Officials in Washington said last week that the Administration will make its own decision on the question, but will probably withhold its announcement on lifting sanctions until after the A.N.C.'s national conference next week...
Last month Baker responded to Shamir's latest snub by calling settlements the biggest "obstacle to peace." President Bush followed up by warning that he might withhold $10 billion in U.S. loan guarantees that Israel wants to help absorb Soviet Jews unless Jerusalem agrees to a settlement freeze. As usual, Shamir was unimpressed by the threats. Speaking at the West Bank settlement of Beit Arieh last week, he dismissed any connection to peace talks and vowed that the construction drive "cannot be stopped...
Student disregard for the council affected not only its reputation, but also its pocketbook. The council's budget--much of which gets funneled directly to student organizations--was hurt by a large increase in the number of students who chose to withhold council dues from their tuition checks...
...York Times assistant managing editor Allan Siegal gave a different explanation, saying that once the woman's name had been broadcast nationally, continuing to withhold it would be "an empty gesture." Siegal argues that the Times had the obligation of "telling our readers what we know." Thus the newspaper had no choice but to include the woman's name in a long article describing her "little wild streak" -- speeding tickets, an affair with the son of a once prosperous but now bankrupt Palm Beach family, a daughter born out of wedlock and poor grades in high school...