Word: performance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that is both alluring and frightening: to alter the genetic code of a human being. They have transplanted foreign genes into bacteria, fruit flies, even mice. Now medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health are ready to take the big step: within the next two months they will perform the first authorized gene transplants into humans...
Baker walked an interesting line during the Reagan years. His first loyalty was to the President, but he saw that Bush was included and had meaningful tasks to perform. "There was tension, of course," says a Bush friend. "Baker ran Reagan's '84 campaign, and Bush had to take direction from him. That was when Bush was made to travel the low road, and it was obvious that he felt Baker was looking out for Reagan first. That was only proper, of course, but George didn't like it anyway...
Since the Civil Rights movement, financial aid has been granted based on need. Congress held the belief that no one should have limited access to higher education because of class. Under the Nunn plan, financial aid would be singularly granted to those who perform government-approved activities...
...addition, work-study currently has many students cleaning bathrooms and performing other tasks for universities, even though the fund is supposed to go directly towards work for the community. Administrators should use the money as it was intended, by encouraging work-study recipients to perform work more related to the community outside of their college. In general, present federal aid programs are crucial to the low-income student and should be left intact, if not expanded...
...form of financial assistance should not coerce but rather enable one to perform public service. One must not forget that this movement and this rise in volunteerism emanate from a free will to contribute to society, and each contribution, large or small, depends on the heart of the individual...