Word: biting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...emergency package." Said he: "Gradualism is not the answer when you have such a deeply embedded inflationary psychology." But officials abroad remain skeptical. Concluded a top official in the West German Economics Ministry: "They know what they have to do in Washington. But they're afraid to bite the bullet...
...organizers of Urbana under the direction of John W. Alexander, Ph.D. president of IVCF, do not disguise the rigors of the conference or the life of the missionary in their glossy publications and audio-visual presentations. They do, however, add a political bite to many of their messages. A slide show that followed Lum's speech at the Lutheran church last Friday included the ususal scenes of sweaty but cheerful youths working with the underpriviledged. The show then identified "revolutionary Marxism," Islam and Eastern "cults" as the enemies of the church's evangelistic efforts. Pamphlets and paperback books which further...
...students inducted his wife Nancy into the honorary Order of Diana. When a couple performing a song-and-dance act pulled the candidate out of his chair, he seemed a bit confused, then joined them. The show over, Reagan delivered his speech somewhat stiffly but with more emphasis and bite than earlier in the campaign. "No more Taiwans and no more Viet Nams," he pledged. "No more abandonments of friends by the U.S. ... We don't care if we're not liked. We're going to be respected...
...speech to a convention of editorial writers. "Many an editorial writer can't hit a short-range target," Jones said. "It takes guts to dig up the dirt on the sheriff, or to expose a utility racket, or to tangle with the Governor. They all bite back, and you had better know your stuff. But you can pontificate about the situation in Afghanistan in perfect safety. You have no fanatic Afghans among your readers. Nobody knows more about the subject than you do, and nobody gives a damn...
Continued surging prices will make the tax bite on the American public ever more painful. Inflation-adjusting pay increases are already forcing the middle class into tax brackets once intended only for the superrich. In 1971 federal, state, local and Social Security taxes took 16.1% out of the average person's income. Last year the total hit a rec ord 18.5%. For those earning more than $25,900, Social Security taxes will increase by $183.90 this year, to $1,587.67. Next year the maximum bill will swell to $1,975.05, as part of a $16 billion increase in payroll...