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When you poll all of the economists, uh, across America that I think are intellectually honest they would all, or maybe not all, but 95% of them 96% of them would say you know we really have got a powerful economy.
Donald Evans
You
Think
Say
Would
Powerful
Economists
Economy
Know
Got
Intellectually
America
Maybe
Poll
Them
Really
Across
Honest
Understanding that yes, we are committing more resources than we thought we might be in protecting our homeland and prosecuting a war and so it's understandable that we would be going through a period of deficits.
Donald Evans
War
Thought
Understanding
Our
Resources
Deficits
Would
Would-Be
More
Through
Prosecuting
Period
Protecting
Understandable
Yes
Than
Going
Committing
Might
Homeland
You will see the President being very, very tough on spending.
Donald Evans
You
Will
Tough
President
Spending
See
Very
Being
It's an ear job, not an eye job.
Donald T. Regan
Job
Eye
Ear
By no means was it really teed up for him.
Donald T. Regan
Him
Up
Really
Means
Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.
Donna Shalala
Education
People
Sex
Sex Education
Head
You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.
Donna Shalala
You
Energy
Destroy
Out
Campaign
Want
We are living longer, and we need to live better.
Donna Shalala
Better
Live
Living
Longer
Need
The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services.
Donna Shalala
Government
Complex
Delivering
Capable
Fully
Even
Services
I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.
Donna Shalala
Life
Me
People
Spent
Underestimating
Whole
I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.
Donna Shalala
Pretty
Schedule
Almost
Disciplined
Always
Am
I try to deal with my serious reading before work.
Donna Shalala
Work
Try
Reading
Before
Deal
Serious
I think President Bush tried to step up on Social Security even though the polls showed that was unpopular. He has not been successful and backed off, but I admire people who take on big problems.
Donna Shalala
People
Problems
Big
Think
President
President Bush
Backed
Though
Security
Tried
Unpopular
Admire
Take
He
Step
Been
Off
Up
Big Problems
Polls
Social
Bush
Successful
Who
Social Security
Even
I have long ties to the women's community.
Donna Shalala
Women
Long
Community
Ties
I get to work at about 7:30 or 8 unless I have a breakfast meeting.
Donna Shalala
Work
Breakfast
Meeting
Unless
About
Get
I bring other constituencies - I also have ties to minority communities. And obviously, to the world of world-class research universities. So I can bring some constituencies that I'm used to working with.
Donna Shalala
World
Minority
Research
World-Class
Other
Some
Also
Obviously
Ties
Working
Used
Communities
Research Universities
Bring
Universities
I am interested in getting people to use the healthcare system at the right time, getting them to see the doctor early enough, before a small health problem turns serious.
Donna Shalala
Time
Health
People
Doctor
Problem
Before
Enough
Right Time
System
See
Small
Health Problem
Healthcare
Am
Getting
Interested
Them
Turns
Use
Serious
Right
Early
By putting people around me who will calm me down and slow me down and make sure I work through an issue.
Donna Shalala
Work
Me
People
Will
Slow
Calm
Down
Through
Putting
Make
Sure
Around
Issue
Who
But I have a driver, so I can return calls while I'm in the car.
Donna Shalala
Car
Driver
Return
Calls
While
We have not yet concluded that needle-exchange programs do not encourage drug use.
Donna Shalala
Programs
Concluded
Encourage
Use
In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.
Donna Shalala
Saved
Caring
Our
More
Adult
Tales
Fairy
Fairy Tales
Children
Lives
Need
We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.
Donna Shalala
Education
Saying
You
Quality
School
Higher Education
Drive
Down
Increased
Secondary
Secondary School
Unless
System
Higher
Taken
Wisconsin
School System
Come
Schools
Courses
Did
Transform
Century
Requirements
Skills
Helped
Need
The economic dimension is very clear. I was at a dinner party, a mother got up, who's a very distinguished scientist, and said she had to get home and help her daughter with her homework. The two waiters, their faces changed. They were working their second jobs, they couldn't get home to help their kids with homework.
Donna Shalala
Home
Mother
Dinner
Daughter
Party
Homework
Changed
Dimension
Distinguished
Kids
Jobs
Dinner Party
Faces
Economic
Had
Clear
She
Said
Got
Scientist
Were
Waiters
Up
Very
Get
Working
Help
Her
Second
Two
You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.
Donna Shalala
Knowledge
You
People
Genius
College
Meet
Latest
Backgrounds
System
Only
Simply
Also
Go
American
Different
Different Backgrounds
Europeans
Compared
Elite
While the vast majority of hackers may be disinclined towards violence, it would only take a few to turn cyber terrorism into reality.
Dorothy Denning
Terrorism
Reality
Few
Would
Only
Vast
Vast Majority
Take
Hackers
Towards
Majority
May
While
Turn
Cyber
Violence
While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or social harm.
Dorothy Denning
Knowledge
Cause
Tools
Severe
Systems
Economic
Attack
Computer
Hackers
Generally
Motivation
Lack
While
Social
Skills
Many
Violence
Harm
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