Word: cuts
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...stronger vs. the Soviets than we were." That is certainly true, since the Soviet Union continues its military buildup at a faster rate than the U.S. Why, then, was the Carter Administration, soon after taking office, so willing to cut $4 billion from Ford's proposed Pentagon budget for fiscal 1978? Replied Brown: "What we were doing in 1977 was scrubbing what we had inherited. Probably we should have waited a while and taken a more careful look before...
Because the sinsemilla plants need a lot of sunshine, most large plots can be spotted from the air by experienced agents, who summon raiding parties armed with search warrants, flak jackets and chain saws. They cut down and truck the stalks to incinerators. The cultivators who are caught usually get off with probation, though the maximum penalty is a $5,000 fine and ten years in prison...
...patrons of all Islam," said Gur-Arieh. Indeed, the pilgrims expressed profound gratitude to the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini for his religious diplomacy, despite the fact that he is a leader of the Shi'ite branch of Islam while the Israeli Arabs are rival Sunnis. "Even if they cut my throat," said one pilgrim, "I'm for Khomeini...
...barnlike Brighton Center on the famous old seafront, Thatcher was cheered ecstatically by the 5,000 delegates, as Tory left and right put aside their differences. The right, if it held sway, would have her cut public spending much more severely. The government has already cut nearly $20 billion from public spending and is planning to bite deeply again next year. Sir Raymond Pennock, spokesman for the Confederation of British Industry, argued in a long meeting with Thatcher that "industry has got itself efficient. It has shouldered massive reduction in jobs. Government must do the same...
...Ronald Reagan's "supplyside" economics-a strategy to boost economic growth by stimulating business production rather than fostering private consumption-a better way to fight inflation than Jimmy Carter's "economic revitalization" program? Is Reagan's 10% income tax cut more inflationary than Carter's 8% income tax credit on 1981 Social Security taxes? Is John Anderson right in arguing that a tax cut of any sort is not proper without a balanced budget...