Word: boldly
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...president of the council, Hyman "wanted to redirect the council's agenda to a bold, progressive, activism focus," and did so with successful efforts that included free HIV testing and support of labor unions. "We were standing up for students in areas that before couldn't have been talked about," Hyman remembers. There were also several smaller initiatives that ensured that all students, regardless of their financial situation could enjoy the full college experience. One was the making available of free formal tickets to underprivileged students. Hyman recalls, "We got the financial aid office to set aside so many tickets...
...Thursday's New Hampshire debate, George W. Bush has a message for his opponents: Get ready for the coming of a kinder, gentler Ronald Reagan. The evidence: a bold tax plan that puts his money where his "compassionate conservatism" sound bite is, tempering supply-side Reaganomics with aid to the working poor. It includes a $1.3 trillion tax cut over 10 years, with extra relief to poor families. The plan received a conservative blessing Wednesday in the form of a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece, which said "the Bush plan at least moves in the Reagan direction and realizes...
These are bold ideas, but remarkably useless ones. The call to end immigration appeals more to prejudice and fear than economics. It obscures the fact that many immigrants share the same economic troubles and concerns that affect working Americans. Although we should question the motivation behind these trade agreements, Buchanan's call for high tariffs and import substitution is foolish. The deceptively simple idea that by importing less, we will manufacture more has left a trail of ruined economies around the world...
...with Tim Schneider `03. He's eating a "bold double-decker chickwich." He expatiates, "I experiment with my chickwich, sometimes ranch, sometimes barbeque, spaghetti sauce and cheese--the chicken Parmesan chickwich. Schneider later adds, "I think me and Domna are friends. We're on a first name basis." "She knows your name?" I ask. "Well, I know hers," he says...
According to Amartya Sen, the 1998 Nobel laureate in economics, the answer to the question, "Na democracy man go chop?" is a simple yes. Sen's bold statement can be paraphrased as follows. Famine does not occur in nations committed to the rule of democracy because elected governments know that the way to the people's vote is through their stomachs. This piece of advice will ring especially true for Nigeria if the military engine is successfully diverted to agricultural productivity...