Word: doled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...among key policymakers in Washington. "The kind of automatic support of Israel that existed for years on Capitol Hill is simply not here anymore," says the administrative assistant to a Jewish member of Congress. A case in point: the reaction to a proposal by Senate Republican leader Robert Dole to free up foreign-aid dollars for the fledgling democracies of Eastern Europe and Latin America by cutting 5% from the $6.9 billion earmarked for five key allies, Israel included. Says a Jewish member of Congress: "If a private vote were taken, Dole's proposal would pass overwhelmingly...
...sweep of 3,400 garment shops, restaurants, supermarkets and other businesses suspected of abusing young workers. In all, the operation uncovered 7,000 minors who were illegally employed, which could result in more than $1.8 million in civil fines. "The cop is on the beat," declared Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole. "Violations, whether motivated by greed or by ignorance, will not be tolerated...
...Najibullah regime in Kabul, despite the Soviet withdrawal of its occupying forces from Afghanistan a year ago. Moscow's fear is that the country could become a springboard for Islamic revolutionaries eager to penetrate Soviet Central Asia. By U.S. Government estimates, Moscow's concern translates into a monthly dole of $200 million to $300 million, most of it in military assistance...
...Hooks' reaction harmonized with something the late Whitney Young said 23 years ago. Young, then the head of the Urban League, told white leaders, "You've got to give us some victories." But if a victory is "given," it is not a victory. It is a dole...
...even bankrolled the recovery of our defeated enemy, Germany. In 1990 we debate whether perestroika in the Soviet Union will collapse into economic chaos and archaic nationalism, without any suggestion that we ought to do something about it. Meanwhile Senator Robert Dole wins acclaim by suggesting that what little aid we give to Eastern Europe ought to come out of our mite of aid to the rest of the world...