Word: carrot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--The House passed a bill yesterday to slow the influx of illegal aliens with a carrot-and-stick program of amnesty for those with roots and penalties for employers who hire undocumented workers...
After a meal that is to include cream of carrot soup, cold filet of sole, fruit compote, and champagne toasts, Shultz will return to his farm, an aide said...
...much? What kind? With what strings attached? Reagan originally chose to demand all or nothing, but many Congressmen are searching for a middle ground. Unwilling to cut off the contras altogether, yet eager to explore diplomatic avenues as well, they want to approach the Sandinistas with a mixture of carrot and stick...
...Sandinistas, it can be reasonably argued, are far more likely to keep their promises under the pressure of armed force. Such a carrot-and-stick approach requires fine calibration, a careful assessment of when to deal and when to threaten. It cannot be carried off unless the Sandinistas know that the Administration is not just bluffing--and that Congress will back up the threats with the wherewithal to sustain them...
...Hmmmmnughagggh...In the course of 20th century...uhm...literature, the contribution of the...uhm...Shriner poets should not be...uhm...overlooked...uhm..." As he continued, droning on endlessly in the same monotone, I began to feel that another voice was speaking through him, perhaps that of a long-deceased carrot...