Word: cut
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Australians had a choice last week between a tax cut and a Prime Minister with all the earthy charm of Actor Paul Hogan in the hit film Crocodile Dundee. The good ole boy won. By an estimated 20-seat margin, voters returned Prime Minister Bob Hawke's Labor Party to power for a record third straight term...
John Howard, 48, leader of the opposition Liberal Party, had wooed the electorate by vowing to cut the top tax rate from 49% to 38%. Hawke, 57, called for continued "economic responsibility" to allow him to complete the job of modernizing the nation's industry. Hawke's companionable battle cry: "Let's see it through -- together...
...name World Bank conjures up an image of vast wealth on deposit. But the Washington-based international body that last year loaned out $17.6 billion for development projects in 82 countries is watching its pennies very closely. To cut costs and increase efficiency, an estimated 390 of the bank's 6,000 jobs will be eliminated...
...What is in the book, sir?" Liman inquired. North began to explain that it contained notes that he and his attorney, Brendan Sullivan, had prepared. Sullivan abruptly cut his client off: "Don't tell him what it includes." He angrily asserted that Liman had no right to know...
...least some of the safety worries stem from the penurious attitude that airlines have been forced to adopt because of the low fares they have been charging. One area in which airlines may be tempted to cut back is aircraft maintenance, and several airlines -- among them American, Eastern and Pan Am -- have received hefty fines for violations of federal regulations. Even so, the FAA has been slow to step up its inspections in keeping with the growth of airline fleets, according to a General Accounting Office study published in May. From 1981 until 1983 the ranks of FAA inspectors actually...