Word: furthering
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Already 1 American in 4 defines himself or herself as Hispanic or nonwhite. If current trends in immigration and birth rates persist, the Hispanic population will have further increased an estimated 21%, the Asian presence about 22%, blacks almost 12% and whites a little more than 2% when the 20th...
Though the 18-month sting operation was brilliantly executed, the episode reminded the world that President Saddam Hussein had lost none of his fierce resolve to turn Iraq into the first Arab nuclear power. Saddam's reckless campaign also reinforced concerns about the rapid proliferation of arms in the Middle...
Last week, after beating back a White House-supported effort to further water down the Democrats' approach, Congress finally settled on a plan. Members voted 265 to 145 to establish a system that will provide $27 billion over five years to poor parents through income-tax credits and direct subsidies...
A call to Citibank produced a perplexing explanation: "Sorry, you have a derogatory credit statement," intoned the clerk. Pursuing it further, I was connected to a Mr. Thomas, who put matters even more bluntly: "This is one of the worst credit reports I've seen," he declared. A repossessed car...
In an implicit criticism of Gorbachev, Defense Minister Yazov has counter- attacked on the issue of budget cuts. "It is economically groundless and politically shortsighted," he said recently, "to try to make the reduction of defense expenditures the sole method of liquidating the budget deficit and the resolution of all...