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front burnernounThe focus of attention: a revamp of the 1872 Mining Law is next up on the front burner...- Though ending racial inequality and establishing affirmative action was just one of the several issues on LBJ's front burner, Vietnam overshadowed them all.
- Federal and state policymakers should place on the policy front burner the task of finding, training, and retaining nurses and CNAs.
- It took the 9/11 attacks to put the threat of terrorism on Washingtons front burner.
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