Word: access
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...sleeps only because he's dog tired, and then he's likely to bolt out of bed and down to the office with a new idea about moving molecules. On business trips to Tokyo (Japanese firms were his biggest customers), he would get his distributor to arrange access for him to factories. He spent two nights prowling the catwalks above a Nissan Maxima assembly line, studying every human and robotic move below. Obsessed? He dragged his wife on a factory tour of China and Japan during their honeymoon...
...occasioned a precipitous decline in Iraqi living standards and an alarming rise in the death rate. The country that, 10 years ago, had one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world now has one of the highest. Sanctions not only cripple Iraq's economy, they also block access to many critical lifesaving medicines on the grounds that these could supposedly be used in a biological warfare program...
...month) goes even further to solve the "footprint" problem that many seniors have when it comes to putting something new in their home. It's a small, paperback-size black box that sits on top of the TV and comes with a curvaceous wireless keyboard. No Web access, though maker eNote.com will send news, scores and weather reports to users over e-mail...
...like AIDS. According to the World Bank, the region averages $34 per person annually in health-care spending--and far less in places like Nigeria and Kenya--compared with an average of $2,485 in developed countries like the U.S. Less than half the people in the area have access to clean water, and just over half of all children are vaccinated against diphtheria, polio and tetanus. The notion that African countries can somehow buy and distribute the expensive drugs that can prolong life for those infected with HIV--even at the drastically subsidized rates that some companies have promised...
...clean up polluted brownfields --To promote accountability in schools --To give every child access to full health care within four years --To make streets safe, fight drugs and get guns out of schools and neighborhoods --To create empowerment zones --To confront and work toward solving the African AIDS problem --To fight for alternative action, end racial profiling and pass hate-crimes legislation (three pledges...