Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...initiative. But some Administration officials are said to be opposed to the minerals convention, and Senator Gore claims he has the votes to prevent its ratification in the Senate. Observes Gore: "The whole theory of protecting Antarctica with mining that is carefully circumscribed by safety procedures is the approach that failed in Alaska's Prince William Sound. We shouldn't make the same mistake again...
...result of this get-smart approach, public libraries no longer content themselves with walk-in trade off the street. Today they combine the hustle of a small business and the concern of a community center with facilities tailored to the tastes and needs of their users. Video rentals attract film buffs. Data bases, software and fax machines bring in budding entrepreneurs. Language and literacy classes entice the swelling number of urban immigrants. While parents browse, youngsters are entertained by puppet shows and storytellers. "Name any need and the library can help you," says Brenda Johnson, assistant director for Washington...
Harvard's lobbying approach is "very proper and above-board," Barrett says. "They don't tend to be very grabby...
...centerpiece of the new chancellor's plan is "school-based management," an approach he introduced in Dade County. With this strategy, in use in 130 of Miami's 260 schools, much of the power has passed from elected officials to individual schools. Although student test scores have not improved and morale at some Miami schools has actually dipped, Fernandez remains committed to installing a similar program in New York...
...staff members to consider a drug's cost as well as its efficacy before they fill out prescription forms, and state Medicaid agencies are trying to hold the line by refusing to pay for some high-priced nostrums. Corporations with major medical bills are taking their own cost- control approach. General Motors has started direct negotiations with pharmaceutical firms to lower prescription-drug rates, and Rockwell International has opened its own pharmacy at an Iowa plant. "We're seeing the leveling out of the market power between purchasers and producers," says Stephen Schondelmeyer, director of the Pharmaceutical Economic Research Center...