Word: act
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Best-known as a consumer advocate, Nader and the organizations he founded are credited with the creation of the Safe Water Drinking Act, the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act and the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Yesterday, Nader said repeatedly that he would work to move power from corporations to "the people...
...Voting in a presidential election is a critically important act of civic participation for all eligible voters, but hardly because of its effect on the race results. After all, the outcome of an election with 100 percent turnout is statistically the same as an election decided by randomly choosing one vote from the population...
...boys for long. Brandon Harlee was two years old, in his mother's arms, when his father shot her, leaving her legs paralyzed. His dad left the family, and Brandon grew up in a neighborhood rife with drugs and gangs, where even little kids learn to act tough. By sixth grade, Brandon was becoming too much for his mom - and his school - to handle. Though he showed promise on aptitude tests, he scored Ds and Fs in his classes and was constantly in trouble for fighting with other students...
...would do was pray. Like Quayle, Cheney has come to be seen as a drag on the ticket, violating the first rule of veepdom: Do no harm. First, there was his uncompassionately conservative record, voting no on everything from Head Start to college-student aid to the Older Americans Act, which offers support services to the elderly. This prompted the joke that Cheney's never met a welfare program he liked. When the New York Times examined his stint at Halliburton, it found that he was more an ambassador attracting business through government contacts than a hands-on executive...
...military has said it will not intervene, but this should not be read as a sign that the top brass are breaking from Milosevic; rather the statements by General Nebosja Pavkovic that the army would not be ordered to act against the people should be read as coming from Milosevic himself. Some may have speculated that Pavkovic is looking for a place in a Kostunica government, but there's no chance of that. He was Milosevic's choice to head the army, even though he enjoys little support within the ranks. And he actively campaigned for Milosevic...