Word: adoptive
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...YORK was so flush in 1987 that it decided to cut state income taxes over four years. But when the economy began to shrink, Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo did not react fast enough. Facing a $1 billion deficit, the state legislature met in special session two weeks ago to adopt a package of cuts that nibbled at school spending and hospitals. When Cuomo took off for ^ Washington three days later to deliver a speech that warned about federal budget deficits, he may have hoped his troubles were over for a while. No such luck. On the same day Republican state...
...economic downturn might divert resources that could otherwise be used for such projects as restoring wetlands and rivers. But Denis Hayes, the leading organizer of Earth Day, argues that hard times might have the positive benefit of causing people and businesses to change their throwaway mentalities and adopt a more conserving approach...
...women and minorities to combat job discrimination. The bill's supporters insisted its main effect would be to offset damage done to earlier practices by a series of Supreme Court decisions. Bush said he supported that goal but argued that the bill's specific provisions would pressure employers to adopt quotas as a means of avoiding litigation. His position gained traction even though the bill explicitly said nothing in it "shall be construed to require or encourage quotas." When compromise efforts failed, Bush on Oct. 22 vetoed the bill, calling it a "destructive force...
...national disco-dancing championships. But in Nairobi last month, two dozen representatives of cultural organizations held a seminar on "Cultural Industry for East and Central Africa" and concluded that something must be done to roll back Western (primarily American) dominance of cinema, television, music and dance. "Our governments must adopt conscious policies to stop the dazzle of Western culture from creeping up on us," Tafataona Mahoso, director of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, told the gathering...
...protecting the books, one feasible solution is to adopt the method used by the U.S. Customs service--random spot checks. A great majority of those leaving the libraries would be allowed to leave unmolested. But a few--let's say one out of twenty--would be stopped and thoroughly checked. The implied threat of being caught should be enough of a discouragement to potential thieves...