Word: chairmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Behind the scenes, representatives of both sides were much more flexible, although Baker insisted the tax-cut plan was not up for discussion. The group-consisting of top White House aides led by Baker, Republican Senate chairmen led by New Mexico's Pete Domenici, and House Democratic chairmen led by Oklahoma's Jim Jones-agreed to use the economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office rather than the rosier Administration numbers. According to the CBO, the deficit for fiscal 1983, which begins Oct. 1, could reach $180 billion if Congress does not pass any of the spending cuts...
...root it is a minor contention. No one would seriously suggest that the resources freed up by even the most drastic retrenchment in federal requirements actually will dramatically facilitate the hiring of women or minorities Reducing the "immense burden of paperwork" will make the lives of department chairmen and search committees more pleasant. Whether it will make them more efficient purveyors of affirmative action seems another story entirely...
Many House committee chairmen said this was the first year a lack of candidates had made elections necessary, attributing the low interest to perception of the Assembly as "lame-duck" with the expectation of a new government. The attitude among many student is "why get involved when everything's dying out?" said Currier House Chairman Alan Khazei...
...many domestic programs into block grants, a much less ambitious plan than the current one to turn back responsibility and money to the states, foundered on the rocks of the committee system, where it encountered resistance from both parties. As Democrat Leon Panetta of California points out: "The committee chairmen, who are the fathers of these social programs, will not be at all eager to see them terminated...
...agreement, signed by the presidents and chairmen of the board of both institutions, is a revision of a 1973 pact, which allowed Barnard to pay Columbia for the use of its libraries, Columbia Dean Arnold Collery said yesterday. The recent agreement has changed the clause of the 1973 agreement in which Columbia agreed not to accept women undergraduates, he added...