Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--The House of Representatives yesterday approved a $1 trillion Democratic budget that would raise $18 billion in new taxes, slash President Reagan's military buildup and block White House plans for sharp decreases in domestic programs...
...additional 89 students will be able to live on campus next fall because the Quad renovations will be completed and one block of Jordan will be converted into flow-over Quad housing, said Assistant Dean for the House System Thomas A. Dingman...
...fashioned trade war. In an extraordinary change of tone on the controversial issue of trade with Japan, the Reagan Administration announced plans to impose drastic 100% duties on several Japanese products, ranging from television sets to X-ray film. The Administration's goal, at - least initially, is to block some $300 million worth of Japanese merchandise in retaliation for Tokyo's failure to honor fully an eight-month-old agreement on trade in semiconductors...
...challenge the networks on the main stage. Next Sunday Fox will introduce its first two prime-time series, to be carried on 105 affiliated stations across the country. Three more programs will join the Sunday-night lineup in April and early May, and a two-hour block of Saturday- night shows will be in place by early June. They mark the first steps on a long march toward what, Fox executives say, will eventually be a weeklong slate of programming...
...Reagan Administration plans to block $300 million worth of Japanese merchandise -- ranging from TV sets to X- ray film -- in retaliation for Tokyo' s failure to honor an agreement on trade in semiconductors. The move reflects Washington' s rising impatience with the U. S. trade deficit in general and with Japan in particular. -- Authorities crack a $550 million tax- shelter scheme...