Word: caveats
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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According to most polls, Americans are willing to pay more taxes if the levies are equitable and if -- this is an important caveat -- the money is well spent. But in the insular world of Washington neither party hears both parts of this message. To date, Republicans have been unwilling to endorse the necessary taxes and Democrats have been loath to revamp the programs. Now that the debate has moved into the open, the voice of the people may finally get through...
...Great Geopolitical and Ideological Antipode. It was believed to be possessed of immense and malignant strength, including the self-confidence, prowess and resources for the conduct of all-out war. Even now, with the Pentagon looking for ways to trim its budget, U.S. defense policy includes a caveat: the West must be prepared for the danger that Gorbachev will be overthrown; he might be replaced by a retrograde Soviet leadership that will once again -- that is the key phrase: once again -- threaten the rest of the world with military intimidation if not conquest...