Word: programing
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...feeling was that ((Collor and his government)) did something very dramatic, and then they simply blew it off through bad management," says economist Edmar Bacha of the Pontifical Catholic University in Rio. "That gave the impression that the rich got away with it again." The meltdown of the program rekindled inflation, which more than tripled to a rate of 12.9% last month. That set off new price hikes, which led workers to demand salary increases and wage indexation...
Brazil's fractious Congress has moved quickly to capitalize on the slippage in public enthusiasm. In July it approved an inflationary wage-indexation program that calls for monthly upward adjustments of salaries. The President, whose tiny National Reconstruction Party has only a handful of congressional seats, has vowed to veto the bill, a move certain to be unpopular. To avoid a backlash at the polls two months from now in congressional elections, the government will offer low-income workers a onetime wage bonus. Following through on the rest of his program will depend heavily on the returns from those elections...
...races are the brainchild of Eric Schechter, 30, a former Arizona real estate broker. He launched his first race in 1988, raising $150,000 for a Scottsdale drug-abuse prevention program. That success prompted him to found Great American Duck Races, which expects to handle 103 such events this year and post revenues of $1 million...
Solving algebra problems may not be every teenager's idea of how to spend a month of summer vacation, but for the 90 black youngsters enrolled in Love of Learning, a three-year-old minority-enrichment program at North Carolina's Davidson College, schoolwork is hot stuff. "They get motivated when they come here," says English teacher Regina Brandon. "This is an opportunity for them to get rid of some of the stumbling blocks that hold them back...
...program is to inspire black adolescents to pursue higher education. So far, the results are encouraging: every one of the 29 students in the inaugural class went on to college, four to top-ranked Davidson and one to the University of Virginia...