Word: cared
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...sixth-grader Michael Gaudiello wants is his independence. Using a wheelchair because of muscular dystrophy, he does not care to rely on others to open the doors, carry his books or help him get to the bathroom. Last spring freedom came in the form of a collie named Ashley, specially trained to help Michael through his day. When school officials in Delaware County, Pa., banned the dog from classes at his special school, Michael appealed to state officials. "It was my choice to fight for this," Gaudiello says. "I thought I was right and they were wrong...
Snobbery, the sport of twits, is nearly dead, shoved rudely aside by ethnic and racial hatreds, homo- and heterophobia, religious and nationalistic furies, yuppie loathing, resentment of California and contempt of Congress. So much truly muscular antipathy whirls about these days that it is hard to care as deeply as you are supposed to -- hard even to remember -- that they won't let your son, the grocery bag boy, into their daughter's debutante ball. Which is why it is hard to care about Geoffrey Wolff's new novel...
...domestic affairs since taking office. Lack of progress on the deficit is only one symptom of the governmental gridlock that has become the rule in Washington. Although both the House and Senate passed versions of legislation that would for the first time establish a national child-care system, the bill has been stalled in a conference committee. So has the Clean Air Act, which would curb noxious emissions into the atmosphere. Other important legislation on civil rights and campaign finance reform has been threatened with presidential vetoes or stymied by partisan squabbling...
...easier to deal with than the problems at home. It's more glamorous and exciting when you have Saddam or evil communism as the enemy. It's not that simple when, say, you've got a million heroin addicts, a massive crime problem, poverty, lousy education, no health care, urban decay, alcoholism...
...political positions: Silber opposes the Citizens for Limited Taxation tax repeal initiative, and has said he would campaign hard against the measure in the general election campaign. He says he personally considers abortion homicide, but stresses he would not limit abortion rights. To bring down the cost of health care, Silber has said he supports living wills, which would allow health professionals to cease heroic measures to keep people alive if they indicated they would not want such procedures. Silber says this is one way to keep down the cost of health care. He opposes the death penalty...