Word: cut
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prevent future undeclared wars, the Congress overwhelmingly passed the War Powers Act, requiring the president to report to Congress within 48 hours after troops had been moved into "imminent hostilities." The resolution allows the Congress to cut funding for the activity after 60 days if it so wished...
...Reform Act closed loopholes for the rich created by the 1981 Reagan tax cut and took millions of Americans living in poverty off the taxpaying rolls. The welfare reform legislation would provide direction to a system that liberals and conservatives alike agree is in dire need of repair. If that's mere politicking...
Meyer's Proposition 1-2-3 includes three changes in rent control that would cut the number of apartments the system affects. They would also change the system from one that keeps rents low regardless of the occupant's income to a housing program designed specifically for the poor...
...Field's company co-produced the picture before Hanks was Big, and Oscar- winning stars do have certain hierarchical rights. In the final sequence, where Lilah and Steve must duel onstage over a TV contract, his routine is muted and cut to clear the way for her star turn. And she gets to make all the interesting moral choices. But that is just Hollywood housekeeping -- neatening up after the picture has been stolen...
OOPS! BAD TIME TO GO OUT ON A LIMB. Robert Holmes a Court, 51, Australia's first billionaire, was heading for a fall last year when he bought huge blocks of stock, including a 10% stake in Texaco. The crash cut his personal fortune from an estimated $1.1 billion in mid-1987 to $400 million now. Lately, instead of stalking giant corporations on several continents, the Perth-based investor has been making far more modest acquisitions, such as sheep ranches, land for an industrial park and paintings for his private collection...