Word: eagerness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, both Davids seem equally eager to avoid confusion. David E.'s white-on-blue bumper stickers show the middle initial in bright red, while the other David's yellow--on--green logo emphasizes a gigantic 'J'. The 'J' stands for Jude, and a disc jockey friend of the candidate's has been playing "Hey Jude" on a local radio station...
This proposed budget magic drew widespread skepticism, including George Bush's "voodoo economics" charge during the 1980 presidential primaries. Yet by 1981 Congress was eager to find a way to pump up the sagging economy. When Reagan sent Congress his tax-cut proposal, the lawmakers squabbled over the details but eventually gave the President virtually everything he wanted. In the end, the Economic Recovery Tax Act slashed personal-income tax rates 23% over three years. Reaganomics was supposed to produce a budget surplus of $500 million by 1984, but one of the Administration's master strategists, Budget Director David Stockman...
...flabbiness of corporate America has been another major contributor to the trade deficit. Domestic manufacturers were ill-equipped to deal with the onslaught of eager foreign competitors. But now many U.S. companies have boosted their competitiveness by slimming down their costs and speeding up their reaction times. Among Detroit automakers, for instance, the "arrogance is diminishing. There is a sense of vulnerability," observes Maryann Keller, an auto-industry analyst...
...Reagan's line last year, returning the Senate to the Democrats. No one should buy it now, either. The arithmetic is too simple. Cut taxes, increase defense spending... you'd think the Administration had been submitting balanced budgets to the Congress only to be rebuffed by congressmen eager to spend more money...
...been especially leery of debtor nations ever since February, when Brazil stopped paying interest on a large part of its $110 billion debt. That helped lead several U.S. banks to declare record losses. Since a similar default by Argentina would add to the bankers' mounting woes, they are as eager for Alfonsin's new program to work as the President...