Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...same boat. In the very next inning, Forman walked two of three batters, prompting Nahigian to yank him in favor of Ubert. The senior righthander struck out Kevin Connelly, but then served up a triple to Giroux, scoring both of Forman's walk recipients for a 5-2 Crimson deficit...
...hospital is expected to suffer an added $3.4 million to its deficit because the state has not reimbursed it for Medicaid and Medicare programs. Already, the state owes the hospital $1.7 million for uncompensated care...
...shock days of the 1970s. January petroleum imports averaged 8.1 million bbl. a day, up almost 21% from a year ago and surpassing domestic production (8 million bbl.) for the first time in more than a decade. The import surge has hampered efforts to shrink the U.S. trade deficit, and rising prices have aggravated inflationary pressure...
...more and consumers to use less. One proposal is to increase incentives to the oil industry, which has moved its production overseas partly because tax breaks for U.S. drilling have declined in recent years. Another resurgent idea, which appeals to legislators primarily as a means of cutting the budget deficit, is to increase the 9 cents federal gasoline tax by anywhere from 5 cents to 50 cents...
...Hawke choose this moment to make a prime-time confession? Supporters think Hawke was trying to make up for insulting media play of his wife's recent face-lift. Opponents had a more political explanation: to distract attention from the effect rising interest rates and a soaring deficit have had on his standing in the polls...