Word: properly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Political insiders will contend that Barbara Bush could not speak her own mind even if she did disagree with her husband, the President; that, they will argue, is not the proper role of the First Lady...
Bell said that the civil rights leader andtwo-time presidential candidate's nationalprominence will ensure that "proper attention willbe focused on Harvard...
...that what matters is not who you are, but where you went to school. To The Club, Harvard isn't just postsecondary education. It is an institution that trains the elite to run the country, and in the process, helps willing hands slip into the white gloves of proper society. Harvard takes that special pool of talent, enhances it through association and, upon completion, yields up its Harvard men and women--sealed and stamped with the hallowed...
Forces within the White House, led by chief of staff John Sununu, have seized upon the debate and persuaded President Bush to take a cautious approach to the problem. While not dismissing the greenhouse threat, the President has emphasized the need for more scientific research to help determine the proper policy response. This go-slow approach has irritated government officials in several other countries, especially in Western Europe. As the Europeans point out, many scientists still fear that global warming could take place unless strong action is taken to prevent...
...farther one gets from the capital, the more the picture darkens. A lack of proper irrigation machinery severely limits rice production. On Route 1, in the arid border area between Vietnam and the Mekong river, there is virtually no fighting, but poverty is so acute that beggars line the road and try to flag down the occasional passing car. The area just to the north is more prosperous, but government troops at checkpoints along Route 7 often demand money or cigarettes from travelers for permission to continue on a road that is in such disrepair...