Word: basic
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...shading of a position would offend the party's interest groups. Issues, in fact, seemed less important than they did in any given Democratic campaign. And McKinnon had come to a slightly guilty realization: maybe that was a good thing. Rove's assumption was that voters had three basic questions about a candidate: Is he a strong leader? Can I trust him? Does he care about people like...
...Greene, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, published a study that peeled back the layers of statistical legerdemain. Poring over raw education data, he asked himself a basic question: What percentage of kids who start at a high school finish? The answers led Greene and subsequent researchers around the country to place the national graduation rate at anywhere from 64% to 71%. It's a rate that most researchers say has remained fairly static since the 1970s, despite increased attention on the plight of public schools and a vigorous educational-reform movement...
...took him nearly two years of a grueling schedule to finish what he started. From 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., he sat in class at the high school, then took three hours of night school for basic reading and math. To everyone's amazement, he finished...
...done his best to expand his revolution, most recently seizing oil fields from two multinational companies that refused to sign joint ventures with his government. But judging by the protests in Caracas this week against rampant crime and police corruption, Chavez may want to plow more money into basic necessities like law and order if he wants to keep his revolution alive...
...have been both the leaders and the ground troops for event after event. This movement did not start with some wealthy do-gooder and it is not fueled by any liberal elite. The response to this new attack came from the individuals being attacked.These people are demanding the most basic of human needs: recognition. In the current debate, immigrant families have been little more than political props. The spectrum of debate on this issue is narrow because both sides have ignored immigrants as a political force and a constituency to be served. Immigrant voters have generally been a sleeping giant...