Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arena where Jackson's radical agenda most explosively collides with conventional political norms. Jackson's world view all but depicts South Africa as a greater threat than the Soviet Union. The candidate's formal briefing paper on "promoting real security" does not even mention in passing the need to counter Soviet mischief in the Third World. In Central America, Jackson would go far beyond cutting off funds to the contras; he would cease military assistance to the guerrilla-plagued governments of El Salvador and Guatemala because they are "waging war . . . against their own people." Not only does Jackson argue that...
Pryor's bill runs counter to congressional efforts in recent years to strengthen tax collection. Faced with a huge federal deficit, Congress since 1981 has passed five laws that have increased penalties for tax evasion and given new enforcement powers to the IRS. Pryor contends that the tax collectors now have too much of an advantage. "It's time to give taxpayers some rights to even the playing field," he declares. Some form of his bill is expected to pass the Senate, but comparable legislation in the House has not yet garnered the support it needs from Illinois Democrat...
...counter not being able to accept anyone offthe waiting list last year, Harvard accepted 41fewer students than it did last year. "Ideally, wewould like to take anywhere between 40 and 70people off of the wait list, since there are somany qualified applicants," said Fitzsimmons
...buildup, ordered last week to counter what the Pentagon called Noriega's "heavy-handed tactics," will raise U.S. troop strength along the 50-mile-long Panama Canal to 11,800 officers and men. Noriega commands the 15,000 member Defense Forces...
...California Governor George Deukmejian, 59. Appeal: the other Duke has some clout as an effective chief executive in the largest and most pivotal state. His Armenian background could help counter Democratic strength among ethnics. Handicaps: he is a wooden personality without impact outside California. Also, his successor in Sacramento would be a Democrat...