Word: assisters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During a campaign trip to rural Iowa, he outlined "a major initiative to assist farmers trying to cope with debt burdens." It was an emergency aid scheme of the kind Democrats are wont to suggest, involving a stretched-out repayment schedule for Government loans and federal guarantees of private credit. The package could cost as much as $1.3 billion...
...decision on steel leaves the Reagan Administration with a mixed record on trade issues. In the spring of 1983, the President agreed to sharply higher tariffs on Japanese motorcycles to assist Harley-Davidson, the sole remaining U.S. motorcycle maker. Three weeks ago, though, he refused to protect the copper-mining industry with quotas that would have restricted imports from Chile, Peru, Zaïre and other copper-producing countries. The President has staunchly advocated free trade in speeches, but sometimes, like last week, he has compromised in its practice...
...then with 2:11 remaining in the opening stanza, Sevier took a pass from Zeeben and knocked it into the goal. Greeley, heading a midfield which consistently kept the ball up front, also registered an assist on the play...
...second half offered Scalise a chance to demonstrate the depth of his team, which many consider the finest squad in Harvard history. Landry came through with her second goal of the afternoon on an assist from freshman Julie Sasner...
Half the population would pay higher taxes, but by law none of the money could be returned to them in the form of increased Government benefits or services. Indeed, there would be new limits on federal spending to assist farmers and the elderly sick. And all this for the sake of averting a disaster-runaway deficits-that to many citizens seems no more than a vague cloud on a far horizon...