Word: callings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Boskin's most controversial policy preference is reflected in his call for changes in programs that in some cases amount to handouts for the well-off, including Social Security and agricultural subsidies. In his 1987 book, Reagan and the Economy, Boskin wrote, "Welfare for the wealthy simply can no longer be afforded." But he realizes that middle-class entitlement programs are political nitroglycerin, and he has no intention of embarrassing Bush by launching a public crusade...
...Bush despairs. "If it weren't for this deficit looming over everything else," he said, "I'd feel like a spring colt." The emphasis carried into the Inaugural. "A thousand points of light," Bush's call for increased volunteerism, can be interpreted as a deficit-constrained alternative to federally funded programs. Soothing symbols may be all that the less fortunate get from the Bush Administration because, as the President said, "we have a deficit to bring down . . . We have more will than wallet...
...gave her a choice: resign within 72 hours or face "popular justice." Gomez, a normally outspoken member of the right-wing ARENA party, knew exactly what * the last phrase meant. In the past year, eight mayors who ignored similar F.M.L.N. invitations to quit had been "executed," as the rebels call their political murders. Unwilling to become another dismal statistic, Gomez joined 42 other mayors who have capitulated to the F.M.L.N.'s strong-arm tactics...
Cormier's dream finally came to life in 1984 after Mike Steele, who built Depauw into a Division III power, turned down an offer to coach at Dartmouth. Big Green Athletic Director Ted Leland's next call was to Cormier. Five years later, Dartmouth (10-5 overall, 3-0 Ivy) is making a run for its first Ivy League championship in 30 years...
...sounds wonderful," Louise Bundy said after the first telephone call. "He sounds very much at peace with himself...