Word: friday
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...speaker sent the tax package back to the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday after House members voted to strike from the bill a hike in the capital gains tax. Frezza, however, said the committee is not planning to introduce an altered version of the tax package...
When my plane left Logan Airport last Friday, I began my journey to a state about which I knew very little. I did know Lincoln was the capital, Omaha was the largest city, Mike Rozier had won the Heisman Trophy a few years ago and the former governor used to date actress Debra Winger...
Dukakis' statement came in the wake of an announcement by Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard A. Voke (D-Chelsea) that the committee will not develop a replacement for Friday's ill-fated tax bill...
...Friday, Jakes and all 13 other members of the ruling Politburo resigned en masse, admitting that they had taken insufficient measures to bring about democratic reform in the country. Within hours Jakes was replaced by Karel Urbanek, 48, party leader of the Czech republic. Urbanek played no role whatsoever in the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the principal condition set by opposition forces for the choice of a new party leader. But his views on reform are far from clear, and some observers saw him as a - transition figure. Jubilation over Jakes' departure was further tempered...