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This proposal marks the sharpest break of all from Reaganite philosophy. The President does not see it that way; in his mind, he would only be proposing tax increases that would probably never take effect. But one of his bedrock principles has been that taxes must be steadily reduced as a proportion of national income. Now some of his subordinates are openly declaring that goal to be not only unattainable but undesirable. Treasury Secretary Donald Regan went so far last week as to insist that tax collections must increase from the current 18% of gross national product...
...scan of the Sahara from the shuttle. Radar waves generally penetrate only a few centimeters of the earth, since the beams are dissipated by moisture in the surface of land. But in the dry Sahara, the radar waves were able to pierce to depths of five meters, reflecting from bedrock...
...signaling a rebound ahead, but few signs of it can be found in the industrial heartland. Despite the break in interest rates, company profits for the third quarter were down by about 21% on average from the same period a year ago. Many recession-battered firms in such bedrock industries as mining, steel and autos suffered stunning losses. Aluminum Co. of America ran a $14 million deficit, Bethlehem Steel Corp. lost $209 million, and Ford Motor Co. $325 million...
Banks and bankers have long been considered the bedrock of American business. The sober executives dressed in dark blue and talked in hushed tones, as befitted their serious calling. Their judgment was considered Solomonic, and their financial institutions were believed to be as solid as the vaults in which their cash was stored...
...time Eakins was reproached for being too scientific, not artistic enough, though "a builder on the bedrock of sincerity, and an all-sacrificing seeker after the truth." Their freedom from "poetic" conventions is, of course, just what makes his best paintings so moving to a modern eye. In them, system and nature rise to a peculiarly close relationship. "The big artist," Eakins wrote, "keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools . .. Then he's got a canoe of his own, smaller than Nature's, but big enough for every purpose ... With this canoe he can sail...