Word: cuttingly
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...other issues, Kennedy has blurred his positions or moved them toward the right. In January he endorsed Carter's proposed overall fiscal 1980 spending of $531 billion, with a deficit of about $29 billion. Kennedy urged, however, that $4 billion be cut from the defense budget?he did not say exactly what he would trim?and spent on domestic needs, such as health. But by the time the Senate voted on the budget, Kennedy had changed his mind about reducing Pentagon spending. Far from cutting the defense budget, he voted to increase it to $141.2 billion, $18.5 billion more than...
...economy. This economy has been managed erratically. Problems weren't seen ahead of time." For instance, he says, he would have established wage and price guidelines earlier than Carter and backed them with strong pressure from the White House. Kennedy is more inclined than Carter to propose a tax cut early next year to stimulate the economy...
...backing the SALT II treaty. To reporters crowded into a Senate conference room last week, the powerful West Virginia Democrat declared that the strategic arms pact with Moscow "is in our national interest" and could "help diminish the potential for nuclear destruction." Though widely anticipated, this clear-cut endorsement gave SALT II a badly needed boost. Without Byrd's active support, the treaty would have little chance of winning the two-thirds vote required for Senate approval. To be sure, passage still remains uncertain. But now Byrd will be using his proven talents as a cloakroom cajoler and persuader...
...capita income has risen from $85 a year to around $1,500. South Korea now has a gross national product of some $50 billion (four times that of North Korea), and is a hard-bargaining rival to Japan in exports of steel, ships and textiles. New superhighways cut through the countryside; high-rise offices and apartments form towering sky lines in Korean cities. Rare among developing societies, South Korea has steered development capital to the countryside, so that rural Koreans live marginally better than their city cousins. In this, at least, Park Chung Hee did not forget the lessons...
...federal arena, however, the colleges' relationship is less clear cut. "I guess I represent only Harvard," says Parker L. Coddington, who as Harvard's director of government relations conducts a high proportion of the University's lobbying in Washington. While Coddington says that he has represented Radcliffe on some issues, particularly pertaining to federal student aid programs, there is no set pattern...