Word: across-the-board
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After only three days as president-elect, Ronald Reagan has begun to rumble about early congressional approval for "across-the-board" cuts in taxes and federal spending, a freeze on federal hiring, and specific reductions in the budget for fiscal year...
...touch with the mood and the needs of the people they propose to govern. Neither has come close to challenging the rationale for American aggression in southeast Asia, and neither seems capable of the kind of complete disavowal which can best pave the way for an across-the-board restructuring of U.S. foreign policy...
Buckley, the conservative, and elder brother of William F. Buckley Jr., advocates a 10 per cent across-the-board tax cut, the rejection of the SALT II treaty and a bigger defense budget. Dodd, the liberal Democrat, opposes a tax cut on inflationary grounds, favors SALT II and calls for only limited increases in defense spending. While Buckley wants a diminished presence of the federal Government in the lives of Americans, Dodd focuses on the need for more effective government involvement...
Despite the problems they still face, the women of 9 to 5 are pleased by their progress of the past two years and confidently face the challenges of the future. "Women as individuals can't really deal with systematic, across-the-board sex discrimination," Snyder says, "but there's a lot we can accomplish in groups...
...comprehensive strategy probably reflects the haste with which the package was assembled. With the election only ten weeks away, Carter apparently felt that he needed some "new" economic platform on which to campaign. Not only has Republican Presidential Candidate Ronald Reagan been calling for a 30% across-the-board tax reduction spread over three years, but several congressional committees have also been advocating tax slashes...