Word: bargainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such a bargain into effect, however, would probably require a summit conference among Reagan, O'Neill and other congressional leaders. At present there is no push for one. Says California Democratic Congressman Leon Panetta: "The public does not translate the deficit into something that really bites them. We are going to have to get public support for action on the deficit...
Despite the angry mood of the community, the prosecutor and defense attorney proposed a plea bargain to Judge James Morse, which he was ready to accept. The deal: if Hunt would plead guilty to second-degree murder, his sentence would be ten years to life, with the possibility of parole after six years and eight months...
Twenty years ago, the main goal of two-year community colleges was preparing students for eventual transfer to four-year state universities. They could get a start on higher education at bargain prices while living at home. Since then, the number of these schools just across the street or down the highway has nearly doubled, to 1,219; this fall some 5 million students, fully 60% of the nation's college freshmen and sophomores, are earning their credits on these campuses. But in the midst of expansion, the community, or junior, colleges strayed from their original academic purpose. Trying...
Unusual deals are being offered in other U.S. cities, though New York City and Chicago prices, either wholesale or retail, have not yet been affected. A year ago, coke was selling for about $60,000 in Atlanta; now it fetches a bargain-basement $36,000. The Drug Enforcement Administration in Los Angeles estimates that a kilo of wholesale coke has dropped to $45,000 from as high as $60,000 a year...
...faith pursuit of a U.S.-Soviet arms-control deal. So far the Congressmen have delivered on their end. Since the report's publication, the MX has survived two funding votes in the House. But as doubts about Reagan's intentions to deliver on his end of the bargain have grown, support has slipped. The most recent authorization vote in the House, in July, passed by a scant 13-vote margin...