Word: help
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Last week, Administration and Finance Secretary L. Edward Lashman urged lawmakers to help settle the state's fiscal matters because Standard & Poors, a Wall Street bond rating agency, is scheduled to publish a report this week on Massachusetts' financial situation...
...raised many thousands more. But Michigan's team gathered nearly $800,000. Not only is its Sunrunner computer-designed and wind-tunnel-tested, but it is also assisted by a scout vehicle carrying weather-forecasting equipment and by a rolling metal shop (complete with lathes and drill press) to help make any needed repairs. The Michigan racers have a computerized map of every traffic light and speed zone along the course, a film crew and a public relations manager...
Though a division into rival trading zones would pose a threat to future U.S. economic expansion, Bush implicitly seemed to accept Thatcher's analysis. He noted that the U.S. could no more dictate what West Germany does to help Moscow than Bonn, London or Paris could dictate Washington's policy in Latin America. "I don't feel that everybody has to march in lockstep," Bush said. "We're dealing with entirely different times...
Awareness of skin cancer is rising in the U.S., largely through the efforts of the Skin Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society, which attempt to spread the word through posters, pamphlets, newspaper ads and an occasional billboard. Hollywood may help. Some of today's most popular female stars, including Kim Basinger and Geena Davis, shun the sun, projecting a pale beauty that could influence a new generation. Manufacturers of sunscreens seem to have caught on. Store shelves these days display more screens with sun- protection factors of 15, 25 and 30 than with the once familiar...
Hundreds of Teach for America recruits are preparing to go to work in the nation's schools. Will they help rejuvenate a dispirited profession? Some educators are skeptical...