Word: use
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Then last week it became clear why. Anger could not be channeled into action; the crippling of the policy process begins with the electoral process. Hate mongering, deception and mudslinging are all widely deplored, and then used to great effect. How can voters fail to be cynical when politicians buy their jobs by selling favors and use the money to ensure that voters don't get much of a chance to punish them? Public opinion surveys around the nation registered disgust and sorrow at the processes by which lawmakers are elected and through which they govern. As long as American...
Missouri. By 3 to 1, voters turned down a plan to manage use of the state's 52 free-flowing streams. In addition to banning dams, all-terrain vehicles and noisy motorboats, it would have required local communities to submit waterway- management plans to a state commission...
...sure that all was well on the diplomatic track. His mission was several-fold: to keep the alliance firm behind the assertive U.S. lead, to reassure the allies that the U.S. intended to give diplomacy every chance, and to sign them up for a United Nations resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq if all else fails. Baker returned from his eight-day, seven-country swing through the Middle East, the Soviet Union and Europe with more -- if at times somewhat cautious -- backing for U.S. policy than ever. The wavering Soviets, who have been contradictory in their signals, declared...
...Temple Baptist Church puts it, "The black church is the heart of black life." Today, as never before, that heart is enduring strains and challenges brought on by apathy, social ills and new directions in the black religious experience. Urban congregations are surrounded by neighborhoods demoralized by spiraling drug use, crime and family disintegration; the churches face a looming shortage of qualified clergy; and the very relevance of many congregations is being challenged. But in the midst of its tribulations, black religion shows healthy signs of change and renewal...
...second jobs. Less than one-fifth of pastors hold seminary degrees. The Rev. Calvin Butts, pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church, believes lack of formal skills is critical. "You can be 'called,' but 9 times out of 10 today if you are not trained, you are of no use to us," says Butts, who holds a Ph.D. from Drew University in New Jersey...