Word: basic
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...Bush administration has done a remarkable job in recent weeks of pushing a budget that runs counter to most Americans’ basic values. The Crimson commends the president on his technique, and we offer the following four-step program to future pols hoping to emulate Bush in shielding the wealthy...
McCain and Feingold thought they had a good idea who their enemies were. McConnell never pretended to see the smallest merit in anything they proposed. To him the debate is a basic free-speech issue: if people want to spend their money supporting candidates or making TV ads about a candidate's environmental record, that is their prerogative. But as the week began, it was not McConnell who posed the greatest threat. It was, of all people, Minnesota Democrat Paul Wellstone, the most earnest, make-the-world-a-better-place Senator...
...Medical Health Technologies cluster, all first-year students learn basic physiology, including how to take a patient's blood pressure. Teachers counsel kids on goals and career paths, and career coordinators help place them in internships with hospitals, medical practices and physical-therapy centers. In their second year, students are given lessons more customized to their career track. Those thinking about college pre-med are urged to take advanced biology, while those aspiring toward other medical careers, such as physical therapy or nursing, are offered more practical training...
...baseball aficionado - the significance of statistics generally escapes me, and I prefer stories about players' personal tics to even the most thrilling play-by-play commentary. But as someone who grew up in Pittsburgh, I am well aware of the basic facts, which were as indelibly imprinted on my childhood psyche as the indisputable superiority of Heinz ketchup over all other brands...
...committed to meeting Taiwan's basic defense needs, but it should avoid disrupting the military balance between the island and the mainland. As I understand it from military experts in the Council on Foreign Relations, the Aegis system is not necessarily what Taiwan needs or is even capable of using right now in terms of training and logistics. The debate on arms sales to Taiwan should be conducted in an unemotional and pragmatic way, but that may be more difficult after this incident...