Word: support
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...could argue with that, or with his insistence that the mix of spending cuts and tax hikes "must be fair; all should contribute." But when the President got to specifics, fairness became scarce. In the name of promoting economic growth, Bush renewed his support of six tax giveaways that would cost the Treasury an estimated $30 billion over five years. The most controversial of these would cut the maximum levy on capital gains from 33% to 15%. Meanwhile, he seemed to reject any increase in income taxes for high earners. Concerning reductions in domestic spending -- the most politically explosive part...
Some shovel. In a stunning upset, Dixon managed to bury four opponents who had long experience in government. Enjoying the support of blacks and whites alike, she won 35% of 122,000 votes, a record turnout for an off-year election. Barry, a dedicated opponent of Dixon's, offered the sharpest post- election analysis of her victory: "Sharon Pratt Dixon represented drastic change...
While Dixon's last-minute surge of support was helped by a series of editorial endorsements from the Washington Post, another candidate got by nicely without its approval. Eleanor Holmes Norton, former chief of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, became the Democratic nominee for the District's nonvoting seat in Congress. The Post withheld its support after the news broke just before election day that Norton and her husband had not filed city tax returns from...
...expulsion of military attaches assigned to the Iraqi embassy in Paris, Mitterrand declared he would send an extra 4,000 troops to the gulf, upping the total number of French servicemen in the region to 7,800. He was not alone in answering Bush's call for additional support: Britain dispatched 6,000 more soldiers, Canada will send a squadron of 12 CF-18 jets, and Italy pledged eight Tornado fighters and a frigate...
Most students who stopped by the table wrote a few lines on a notebook page or postcard in the form of a joke or sentiment of support...