Word: deficit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After being rained out against the University of Redlands (California), Harvard battled Oregon State and came back from a five-run deficit to take the game...
Millions of Americans will find themselves poorer next month after writing checks to the Internal Revenue Service. But as the April 17 filing deadline nears, the IRS is battling money problems of its own: a projected $359 million deficit above its $5.2 billion annual budget...
...economy sent a calming signal last week but abruptly followed it with a disturbing one. First the Government said the stubborn U.S. trade deficit narrowed in January to $9.5 billion, for a $1.5 billion decline from December. Economists were particularly heartened because imports fell nearly 7%, indicating that the economy was cooling off and inflation was not getting out of hand...
...Such schools are getting mixed messages from Washington. In his 1990 budget, Bush proposed $10 million in matching grants for gifts made to enrich the endowments of black colleges. At the same time he warned Congress that federal student aid might have to be cut further to whittle the deficit...
...said the best way to beat inflation would be an agreement with Congress to reduce the deficit and called yesterday's report "another clarion call to do something." Negotiators from Capitol Hill and the White House will exchange proposals next week on bringing down the deficit...