Word: concorde
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interest rates fall. But they could take heart from realizing that they were helping their children and children's children. "People have to make short-term, identifiable sacrifices in exchange for the promise of distant, diffuse and amorphous benefits of a stronger, healthier economy," says Martha Phillips of the Concord Coalition, an antideficit group. "It's a big leap of faith, and what's amazing to me is how many people are willing to make...
...state capitol in Concord, New Hampshire, the local press was all over him after his senate appearance. But he was not universally applauded. State senator Burt Cohen, a Democrat, left the chamber in a huff even before Reed spoke. "He [Reed] represents a dangerous trend in this country. We should keep religion and politics separate," Cohen said later. Another state senator, Jeanne Shaheen, a Democratic stalwart, heard Reed out. But she also was offended. She said, "Anytime you paint yourself as having the right answers because of a direct connection to God, that's very dangerous...
...Cambridge Historical Commission voted at a meeting on March 2 to delay a scheduled demolition of the buildings, located at the Concord Ave. and Garden St., for at least six months...
...buildings' location on the main throughwaysof Concord Ave. and Garden St. gives them acertain prominence...
...means-testing benefits, Peter Peterson, the investment banker and former Secretary of Commerce who helped found the antideficit Concord Coalition, proposes a detailed plan: households with annual incomes of more than $35,000 would have all their federal benefits, including Medicare, civilian and military pensions, farm subsidies as well as Social Security, reduced on a sliding scale starting at 7.5% and going up an additional 5% for every $10,000 of extra income. At $185,000 or above, households would lose 85% of federal benefits. Peterson figures his plan would save $36 billion annually in Social Security outlays...