Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...insists that he will not cut deeply into the operations-and-maintenance account, which pays for such items as training, ammunition and spare parts and has been a favorite target for past budget cutters. He is also determined to avoid "stretch-outs," the common practice of maintaining orders for tanks, say, or fighter planes but buying fewer each year than originally planned. Stretch-outs often cause production to fall below economic rates, so that the Pentagon ultimately pays more for each tank, plane or ship...
...after Glenda Brawley defied a subpoena to appear before a grand jury in Poughkeepsie, Judge Angelo Ingrassia fined her $250 and sentenced her to 30 days for contempt. The confrontation then revved up to a higher pitch when Mrs. Brawley took refuge in a New York City church to avoid arrest...
...Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which regulates savings and loans, tries to avoid cash bailouts, preferring to merge insolvent institutions with healthier ones. But the two California thrifts were poor prospects for such a rescue because they lacked loyal, small depositors. Instead, the two institutions attracted funds from money managers who demand higher-than- average interest rates...
...leaders will issue a predictable communique containing vague pledges of cooperation and general prescriptions for economic ills that have been left untreated year after year. Yet among economists in the U.S., Europe and Japan, there is an unusual consensus about what the seven leaders really ought to do to avoid a global recession. For starters, they should be ready to admit past failures, set aside nationalistic differences and take action that may be politically painful back home. After consulting with economic experts in the seven countries, prepared this version of the "Economic Declaration" that the world wants -- and needs -- from...
...large, labor has wanted to avoid the board at all costs recently," says Anne Nelson, a professor at Cornell University's School of Industrial Labor Relations. "There is usually too much delay, which is bad for unions, and the decisions they make don't favor labor...