Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House staffer asked his top aide what the Illinois Democrat wanted to explore during the ten-day stay. "Tailored clothing," she replied. What she meant was custom-made suits. Savage not only gave short shrift to the official meetings that were the ostensible purpose of his tour, but also cut short his visit so he could devote three days to sightseeing and fittings in Hong Kong and Seoul. Total cost of the 16-day junket, which also included Japan: $6,731, presumably not including his haberdashery bill...
...first reports of Higgins' murder, the President cut short a Western- states speechmaking trip to return to Washington. He quickly conveyed his sorrow and outrage in a phone call to Higgins' wife Robin, a Marine public affairs officer. But throughout the week Bush was careful to apply a lesson that had been painfully learned by Jimmy Carter: never let a hostage crisis appear to consume the presidency. The President went to unusual lengths to create what might be called a mood of concerned normalcy, acting as host at a barbecue for members of Congress, playing tennis, even attending a ball...
...billion hostile bid. Following the advice of Merrill Lynch, Fruehauf acquired Edelman's 10% stake at a profit to the raider of $120 million. Some 70 Fruehauf executives then joined forces in a leveraged buyout. But when the trailer division slumped in 1987 as cost-conscious truckers cut back on new orders, Fruehauf had to strain to meet interest payments, which had climbed to $101 million a year. As other divisions faltered, Fruehauf embarked on desperate cost-cutting moves and fire sales that have hollowed out the 71-year-old company. "They paid way too much, and then their markets...
...election campaign largely unencumbered by substance, Democrats and Republicans last year were sharply divided by one pocketbook issue: whether to cut the tax on capital gains. George Bush favored the move as a way to encourage investment and create jobs. Democrats attacked it as welfare for the wealthy, since nearly 70% of individual capital gains are reported by taxpayers earning $100,000-plus a year...
...present time, the U.S. has some measure of influence over the rebels through its aid packages. By threatening to cut off that aid, which is already scheduled to expire in February and could be stopped after November 30, the United States can force the Contras to agree to the provisions of a Latin American peace plan...