Word: aid
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That depends on whom you listen to. Amazon's financial viability--or lack of it--is one of the most hotly debated issues in the industry. At the PacMed Center, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who hasn't drunk deep of the Bezos Kool-Aid. The fact that their fearless leader dished out extra options to any recent hires whose stock is underwater hasn't hurt. But beyond mere cash incentives lies a genuine faith in the thoughts of Chairman Jeff...
...Promising to "leave no child behind," Bush pledges to replicate the Texas model on a national scale. While Gore calls for voluntary tests in fourth and eighth grades, Bush would require that states test children every year from third through eighth grades or lose 5% of their federal aid. If a school turns in failing grades three years in a row, its students would receive federal vouchers for tuition at parochial or other private schools. But each state would control the content of its exams...
Clinton went south to meet with President Andres Pastrana and formally launch a controversial $1.3 billion military aid package to help the Colombian government battle an unholy alliance of drug lords and Marxist guerrillas. As a welcoming gesture, the rebels bombed three banks in Cali and blew up a section of coastal highway the day before Clinton arrived, while students protesting the US aid occupied a building in the capital, Bogota. Most of the violence in the country - where the murder rate is said to be higher than the auto theft rate - is far from the relatively tranquil resort town...
...Democrats, to help bolster support for the program. The most notable is one of the president's chief antagonists on Capitol Hill - Dennis Hastert, the Republican House Speaker. Head of a drug sub-committee, Hastert has been to Colombia half a dozen times and was instrumental in passing the aid package. Clinton probably used the time to do some bonding in advance of doing his bit for Al Gore's campaign by vetoing Republican legislation. Says a White House aide, "No doubt the president will take the opportunity to try to talk to him about working together on some things...
Then it was off to a visit to a legal-aid center, a quick walkabout among the people, then back on Air Force One for a scheduled 1 a.m. arrival in Washington. Next up, vetoing a Republican tax cut, spending Labor Day weekend in upstate New York, new home to a certain Senatorial candidate, then another set of meetings with more foreign leaders next week...