Word: numbers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition, the U.S. should push for a policy of minimal deterrence. In the past ten years, the number of Soviet sites designated for nuclear destruction has grown to more than 20,000, including hundreds of bunkers and communications centers. The superpowers should evolve toward far smaller arsenals, designed merely to survive -- and deter -- a surprise attack with the capacity to retaliate...
...pell-mell pursuit of profits by businesses has long been a major source of pollution. But could such greed be used instead to help preserve the environment? A growing number of politicians and economists think so, and they have come up with the idea of allowing companies to buy and sell the "right" to pollute as part of a plan to encourage them to clean up their operations. Ultimately, there could be a national or even global market that would treat pollution permits like stocks and bonds...
...American Civil Liberties Union, is challenging the white board members' monopoly in federal court. Their lawsuit charges that the five-man board intentionally gerrymandered election districts to keep Latinos out of office. Hispanic activists across the nation regard the case as a key part of their strategy for achieving "number power" -- political representation that is commensurate with the group's burgeoning population...
...half a billion figure reflects a White House decision that surprised even Wade Horn, the federal overseer of Head Start. His office was expecting a modest increase, perhaps a tenth as much. "There are two reasons for that number," concedes a Bush adviser, "and both are purely political. First, $500 million rolls off the tongue nicely. It's round and big. Second, a figure that size helps silence those who scoff at the boss as the 'education President.' Think of it as a pre-emptive strike that deflects attention from an overall education budget that won't even keep...
Where to from here? Most likely, politics as usual: Congress will insist on a more enlightened use of Head Start's appropriation, and the President will | someday campaign against the Democrats for failing to accommodate the larger number of kids he was ready to help...