Word: credit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have to give [Sullivan] credit," Haggerty said. "He's been a great jumper for four years...
...proposal found bipartisan support. Said Iowa Republican Jim Leach, a member of the House Banking Committee: "In his first inning, Bush has stepped up and hit a home run." Another member of the committee, New York Democrat Charles Schumer, said that Bush deserves "a heck of a lot of credit for bellying up to the bar and putting a real plan on the table." Most Washington insiders think the bill will move quickly. "This package is a speeding bullet. The lobbyists will try to put a few of their own nicks in it, but really it is just a blur...
...same time, some states allowed their locally chartered thrifts to run wild. Suddenly no venture was too farfetched: ethanol plants, wind farms, Las Vegas casinos and commuter airlines. S & L managers who were accustomed to making simple residential mortgages were ill prepared to evaluate the new kinds of credit risks. The great mistake in deregulation was not so much the easing of rules but the failure of the federal and state governments to boost supervision at the same time...
...CREDIT: TIME Chart by Joe Lertola...
...credit is due: no other dramatic shows on TV deal with such relentlessly uncheery subject matter. Tour of Duty is the more conventional of the two, an L.A. Law-style mix of characters, subplots and issues that are introduced and neatly resolved by episode's end. The show's flaws are familiar: characters who are too simplistic (the hotdogging helicopter pilot, the streetwise black private), and plot twists that are too patly "illuminating." When a battle- fatigued soldier is sent back into combat before he is ready -- over the objections of his sergeant and a psychiatrist -- you can bet that...