Word: across-the-board
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...Across-the-board raises of between 20 and 30 percent...
...Across-the-board raises of between 20 and 30 percent...
...issues were unique to the particular colleges, but across-the-board they reflected a growing sense of discontent with traditional education and its social implications. Black studies, draft resistance, anti-war protest and community relations dominated the activists' demands, as students joined with progressive faculty and community organizations to challenge the power of the university...
...experience of the Reagan years contradicts both propositions. In 1981, Congress gave former President Ronald W. Reagan sweeping across-the-board tax cuts, weighted heavily in favor of the rich, with the wealthiest 5 percent of taxpayers getting 35.1 percent of the cuts...
...programs) led some to conclude that he was allowing the Administration considerable wiggle room to raise taxes without using the dreaded T word. Watching Bush and Darman play out the game may become a full- time occupation. They could succeed. Congress is not eager to force legally mandated across-the-board budget cuts next fall. After posturing for partisan effect, the Hill may be more than willing to become a co-conspirator in permitting Bush to backtrack...