Word: permitted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Congress is considering ways to help, at least for the most technical jobs. During hearings, Georgia's Senator Sam Nunn told Watkins he might consider a waiver that would permit some Energy Department employees to be released from Government pay caps. "We need some carrot to get good people into Government," said Nunn. "Till now all we've been showing is the stick...
...have risen from about 10% to 11.5%. Yet while the tight money has clobbered housing and other big-ticket items, inflation poses a serious threat. If Greenspan vigorously pushes interest rates higher to combat that threat, he risks a recession; if he tries to ease up just enough to permit the economy to make a soft landing, he risks letting inflation get out of control...
...devastation on West German territory if the U.S. fired the short-range missiles, rather than risking Soviet retaliation against American cities by launching long-range nukes against targets inside the Soviet Union. Nonetheless, there is a growing belief that some kind of compromise will be found in time to permit a show of unity at a NATO summit meeting in Brussels May 29-30. The "early" negotiations the West Germans want could be put off until next year or even later; Bonn might also agree to some of Nunn's conditions, notably that any reductions negotiated would not take effect...
When breaks in the stormy weather permit, cleanup crews in a bay of Alaska's Eleanor Island come ashore in landing craft meant for infantry assaults. Off Kenai Peninsula, 200 miles away, the 425-ft. Soviet ship Vaydaghubsky stalks chocolate-colored oil on the high seas. At the top of Montague Strait, south of Valdez harbor, the 17,000-ton troopship U.S.S. Juneau has set anchor. The 400 men aboard are on an expedition to cleanse oil-stricken Smith Island before the annual arrival of seals...
...officials and opposition leaders are convinced Duque will steal the election. They charge that evidence of government chicanery already abounds: manipulation of voter rolls to keep opponents from the polls, coercion of public employees to vote the government ticket, fraudulent registration practices that will permit Noriega boosters to cast multiple ballots...