Word: basic
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...spring of 1987, I made a deal with the United States government. The deal was that I would complete Basic Training, Advanced Individual Training in communications, airborne school and be ready "to protect the country from all enemies foreign and domestic." In return, I would be eligible for the Army College Fund and a chance to achieve the American dream...
QUITE simply, it's THE question for college students. It's basic smalltalk, a standard request that often forms the basis for an entire conversation...
...entrances of department stores, as bus drivers joined sanitation workers, nurses and secretaries for rallies in at least 10 cities. The demonstrators complain that their salaries, which average about half those in the West, are not enough to cover the higher prices being charged for food and other basic items since July 1, when the West German mark became the official currency of both Germanys...
Both sides in the crisis seem to be looking for an exit, but neither gives way on its basic -- and irreconcilable -- demands. -- In an interview with TIME, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak voices fears of war. -- The loudest dissent against Bush's gulf policy comes from, surprise, the right wing...
...about $2,000 short of the subsistence level ($9,890 for a family of three). While it is true that most minimum-wage workers are teenagers or part-time employees, there are millions more men and women who earn $5, $6 or $7 an hour and still cannot meet basic needs...