Word: cutoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Douglas agreed to hold a hearing the next day in Yakima. There, in a musty courtroom, he listened to arguments by the A.C.L.U. and by two hastily summoned Government lawyers. When Dean Smith, the U.S. Attorney from Spokane, asserted that the Aug. 15 cutoff date had been aimed at averting a confrontation between the President and Congress, Douglas replied: "We live in a world of confrontation. That's what the whole system is about...
...Nixon will suggest to Brezhnev that Soviet cooperation-meaning putting pressure on Hanoi to observe the cease-fire-will determine the extent of U.S. help in trade and technology. Although Brezhnev may be willing, the President's bargaining position has been weakened by the threat of a congressional cutoff of funds for bombing in Cambodia...
Kissinger also found little understanding when he personally begged congressional leaders not to cut off funds for U.S. bombing in Cambodia until he concluded his negotiations. Five hours later, the Senate responded by voting 67-15 to enact the most sweeping fund cutoff in the history of the Indochina war. If the House-Senate conference committee concurs, the bill will end all past, present and future appropriations for U.S. combat on the ground, in the air and upon the waters anywhere in Indochina without prior approval of Congress...
When she got home, she took off her pink pants suit and unbuckled her patent leather shoes. She put on a pair of cutoff jeans and a green shirt with an alligator on one pocket. She hung up the pants suit, but left the shoes and socks in the middle of the floor...
...Benefits for the nation's 27 million Social Security recipients are rising 20% this year; the average retired couple will now receive $271 a month, v. $244 last year. In addition, recipients can earn up to $2,100 on their own without losing any benefits; last year the cutoff was $1,680. Widows and widowers will henceforth receive the entire amount of benefits due to a deceased spouse, instead of only 82.5% as in the past. And from 1975 on, recipients will no longer be dependent on the whim of Congress for raises in benefits to keep pace with...