Word: curbed
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...dominating the West by a rapid buildup in the military might of the U.S. In the White House, Weinberger is opposed by Chief of Staff James Baker and David Stockman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, who feel that the defense buildup should be eased somewhat to curb the deficit. But Weinberger can carry the day singlehanded with the President by raising the specter of the Soviet threat. Says a top White House aide: "The President simply trusts Cap as a budgeteer more than he trusts Stockman as a budgeteer...
Role of Government. Reagan did not mince words in his Inaugural Address, "It is my intention," he said, "to curb the size and influence of the federal establishment." He has reduced the tax burden, from 21 % of gross national product in fiscal 1981 to 20.3% in the fiscal year just concluded, and loosened many regulations that business found onerous. But federal spending has actually increased from 23% of G.N.P. in 1980 to 24.2% now. Even social spending has risen slightly as a proportion of national output, despite Reagan's deep cuts in such programs as food stamps and school...
...hotel with a fellow visitor to Costa Rica, El Salvador's Magana. As interim President, Magafta is the most formidable check on Roberto d'Aubuisson, the provocative right-wing leader of the Nationalist Republican Alliance. The conversation with Magafta concerned human rights and Salvadoran efforts to curb the country's murderous counterrevolutionary squads. Said Reagan after the meeting: "I think that they are trying very hard and making great progress against great odds...
Several contentious issues remain. Zia, a devout Muslim who supports the Arab cause, is troubled by Washington's firm backing of Israel. The Reagan Administration would like Zia to curb Pakistan's opium production. According to drug-enforcement agents, an estimated 70% of the heroin (derived from opium) coming into the U.S. either originates in or passes through Pakistan. But overshadowing all else is Soviet activity in Afghanistan, which has driven 2.8 million Afghans to seek refuge in Pakistan. Says a Western diplomat in Islamabad: "Sometimes Zia's streak of religious fanaticism scares...
Other factors also played somewhat less of a factor in going ahead with the sale. For one thing, financial officers said, there has been some rumbling in recent years to curb the tax-exempts status of universities' bond-welling. The fear that "tax-exempt borrowing procedures would be withdrawn," sometime, was certainly weighed in the University's decision, O'Brien said But he added that Harvard "wanted to make sure that this [option] wasn't precluded...