Sentences with phrase «by reagan»

Funding for these programs had been denied in 1984 by the Reagan administration.

Meanwhile, groups looking for possible cures for devastating diseases, and seeing potential breakthroughs in other countries, urged Congress to cancel a federal funding ban on fetal tissue research imposed by Reagan and continued under President George H.W. Bush.

The roster was bipartisan as well, topped by a Reagan secretary of state and a top Romney advisor, among others.

MDR nails the operational modes of the tiny muddled rump of far - left groups shattered by Reagan / Thatcher and the collapse of the USSR (which they strongly opposed, by the way).

Cost benefit like that done by the Reagan administration does not work all that well when the cost distributions of climate change are that fuzzy.

This follows a Wall Street Journal article I pasted here somewhere arguing for the same thing, by Reagan's former assistant defense secretary in charge of star wars.

The new conservatism of the 1980s, embodied by Reagan and Thatcher, put the lid on the radical idealism of the 70s.

Consider, for example, the tangled «attitude problem» precipitated by Reagan - era punk; there is the myth of a pure strain of FUCK YOU, there is the myth of the majority's snide perception of its counter-movements, and then, somewhere in the overlap, there is the problematic dilution of any rebellion's once - potent beginnings (causing cycles of backlash and resurgence pretty much ever after).

His is a generation informed by the Reagan and Bush eras, as well the Aids crisis.

Developed by Reagan Tunstall, a nationally - recognized speaker on guided math, this essential classroom resource has everything you need to successfully plan, organize, implement, and manage Guided Math.

In 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education, created by the Reagan administration, issued the report, «A Nation at Risk,» which contained alarming conclusions about the inadequacies of the American education system.

The 1983 report «A Nation at Risk,» commissioned by Reagan Education Secretary Terrel Bell, warned that «the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity.»

But that effort, and a number of similar proposals by the Reagan administration, came to naught.

I'm trying mightily to craft a federal K — 12 posture closer to the Russian adage famously adopted by Reagan: «Trust, but verify.»

Cambridge, Mass — The elimination by the Reagan Administration last year of the $ 6 - million federal program for the gifted and talented, along with the reluctance of state legislators to appropriate funds for such programs, may hamper schools» commitment to providing special programs for gifted students, several researchers and educators told the National Commission on Excellence in Education last week.

A Williamsport, Pa., student group was joined by the Reagan Administration in urging the Court to review a federal appeals court's July 1984 ruling that such meetings are prohibited by the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

Chester E. Finn Jr., professor of education and public policy at Vanderbilt University, spoke in favor of the concept, which is supported by the Reagan Administration.

For this reason, the higher - education package flies in the face of the arguments advanced by the Reagan Administration that Government policy should encourage the private sector to do more...

Although officials from the 4,000 districts nationwide that receive federal impact - aid funds have been outspoken in their opposition to cuts in the program recommended by the Reagan Administration, the Fairfax school board was the first in the country to threaten military families with tuition charges to make up for the lost support.

Mr. Bell, who had the awkward job of presiding over a department targeted for elimination by the Reagan Administration, said his reasons for leaving included pressing family business, a lawsuit involving a parcel of land that he sold in...

What makes this icon so significant is how wholly he was embraced by the Reagan era.

Bush faced massive deficits spawned by the Reagan years; at $ 220 billion in 1990, the deficit had tripled since 1980.

It is perfectly possible to believe that some of the supply - side reforms introduced by the Reagan (and Thatcher) administrations were successful in helping tame stagflation, while also being sceptical about whether the tax cut elements were.

Gargano was kept on by Reagan's successor, George H.W. Bush.

Let's consider just one aspect of the legalization question - the success of the «War on Drugs» launched by the Reagan administration in the 1980's.

In his 1984 address at the Democratic National Convention, he talked of a nation of haves and have - nots, of a yawning disconnect between rich and poor largely ignored by Reagan.

A conservative tradition may be intellectually inspiring but can not achieve results; the conservative mobilization after 1964 which accelerated in the 1970s and was further boosted by the Reagan victory produced a movement which reinforced, though was sometimes at odds with, the Republican Party and was able to elect candidates and project itself in the political arena.

The big headline was that ketchup was going to count as a vegetable, leading to a huge public outcry and an eventual retreat by the Reagan administration.

But in very substantial degree, the dismantling of the social - welfare system undertaken by the Reagan administration with the blessing of fundamentalist preachers and their followers reflects the atrophy of the ethical conscience and the growth of self - centeredness, the hubris of the successful and their scorn for those less adept at «making it.»

To appreciate this point, one need only recall that during the Uruguay Round negotiations of the GATr, representatives of the TNCs chaired and staffed all the 15 advisory groups set up by the Reagan administration to draw up the US negotiating position.

Congregations — especially mainline Protestant congregations — were forced by Reagan - era budget cuts to get more actively involved in providing services.

The result was increased Catholic defection to the GOP, but by two very different groups: traditionalists motivated by social and foreign policy issues, and the less religiously observant enticed by Reagan's promises of prosperity.

This shadow government, sanctioned and shielded by the Reagan Administration, has violated the separation of powers doctrine that is the bedrock of our constitutional system.

• Why did the United States work to undermine regional diplomatic initiatives such as the Contadora and Arias peace plans, which would have achieved goals publicly stated by the Reagan administration, such as no foreign military bases in the region?

None, and you can't blame the conservative supreme court appointed mostly by Reagan and the Bushes.

Perle narrowly escaped conviction for trading intelligence secrets with Israel in the late 1970s, and Abrams was convicted (and pardoned by Reagan) in the Iran - Israel - contra weapons and financial scandal.

As a final point, it was not the US's military might that brought down the USSR — it was the USSR's finances, yes, admittedly forced by Reagan's arms race.

Do I need to point you to Iran - Contra and our sales of weapons to Iran by Reagan?

Wood was a notable exception to the stream of conservative judges nominated by Reagan's White House.

Not exact matches

Since March 2016, the Gulfstream G650ER has visited only one destination more often than its home base of Seattle — and that's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, according to records obtained by the Puget Sound Business Journal.

The most famous occurred on Air Force II during the 1984 presidential race, as Reagan and Bush were being challenged by the Democratic ticket of Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro.

Sullivan previously served on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals under appointments by Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, respectively.

«If you look at the history of climate change negotiations, actually it was initiated by the IPCC with the support of the Republicans during the Reagan and senior Bush administration during the late 1980s,» Liu said according to a Bloomberg story published Wednesday.

The state of President Ronald Reagan's health was also tightly controlled by the White House, which carefully choreographed media coverage to portray him as robust.

Most U.S. airports are publicly owned by local governments, but the federal government owns Dulles and Reagan airports.

It's possible to use this truth to your advantage, Morgan claims, simply by finding the pitch at which your voice is naturally strongest and most resonant — the place where you maximize those undertones (he calls this high - power, radio - friendly voice «the Ronald Reagan voice»).

Ultimately, Clinton had far and away the best stock market results of the four most recent two - term presidents, followed by Obama, then Reagan, and, trailing far behind with negative gains, George W. Bush, whose presidency ended at the beginning of the Great Recession.

First voiced in the 1970s by Arthur Laffer, an adviser to the Nixon administration who came from the conservative Chicago school of economics, it was embraced by the likes of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and, consensus has it, went a long way to alleviating the stagflation of that era (though falling energy prices and interest rates, demographic shifts and yes, deficit spending contributed too).

The wife of former president Ronald Reagan will be remembered for her graceful poise, dedication to charity and compassion for those impacted by Alzheimer's Disease.

In that same testimony, Sessions said the «Just Say No» program started by Nancy Reagan in the 1980s got many kids not to try drugs.