Word: crudely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...determined to regain its former stature as the pre-eminent power in the Persian Gulf. The Iranians are spending $2 billion a year on sophisticated weaponry -- from MiG-29 and Su-24 fighter bombers, to at least two Kilo-class attack submarines, all from Russia. They have a fairly crude chemical-weapons program, and we suspect they may have a biological program. The Iranians also continue their terrorism. In the past few weeks we know they've sent a large number of weapons to Hizballah...
Until now, the consumption tax has never caught on politically, largely because it was considered too regressive, meaning that it was too favorable to the wealthy at the expense of other taxpayers. While that may be true for crude plans like Jerry Brown's, it is not immutable. A consumption code can be made as progressive as one wishes, by adding brackets (the 1977 Treasury plan proposed brackets of 10%, 28% and 40%) and generous exemptions (Hall-Rabushka would not tax the first $16,000 of income). A consumption tax also would tax gifts and inheritances like any other income...
...think it is absolutely essential that we disaggregate the issue of financial aid from the principle here...We ought to move past the crude array of partially relevant arguments to make our antidiscrimination policy take effect...
...think it is absolutely essential that we disaggregate the issue of financial aid from the principle here," he said. "We ought to move past the crude array of partially relevant arguments to make our anti-discrimination policy take effect...
...Tyson Foods, the state's largest business employer. Tyson and his family have contributed heavily to Clinton's campaigns and provided free transportation to the Governor and his wife in company planes -- an example of the frequent chumminess between Southern Governors and major industrialists. Environmentalists generally doubt that any crude payoff is involved. They think Clinton genuinely -- though in their view, mistakenly -- fears that strict environmental regulation will cost the state badly needed employment. Says Tom cKinney, director of Northwest Arkansas Guardianship, an environmental organization: "Jobs are paramount...