Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...operative has sometimes papered over that need to serve his President's or his candidate's political purposes. He is widely suspected of secretly itching to impose a tax increase. After denying that vehemently -- though not altogether persuasively -- he produced an innovative budget plan that appears to reduce the deficit with negligible pain...
...ongoing "self-examination, making his peace with what he does, making his peace with himself." Darman believes specific victories or defeats give him little elation or despair because he plays out either outcome in advance. "I've thought about the hundred things that can go wrong with the deficit thing," he says of today's mission. "If something starts going wrong, I'd be disappointed in myself if I hadn't already thought of that possibility...
With the Federal Government straining under the budget deficit, it is unlikely that the U.S. can afford to continue spending $382 million to provide welfare and medical care for refugees, some 75,000 of whom arrived last year. Some experts believe the burden of caring for new residents could become so heavy that slamming the door on the huddled masses seeking a better life in the U.S. may be inescapable. "In some fashion, we've got to ignore the promise of the Statue of Liberty," says Mazzoli. "The U.S.'s moral responsibility to accept immigrants is not unlimited...
...first period, which saw Cole facing a five-point deficit, Peckham withdrew Cole to give Brown a six-point win by default...
After the showdown, local and government support for A.C.T. dropped, and the company built up a $1.5 million deficit. In trying to close the gap, Ball increasingly favored small casts and minimal sets, leading to productions that seemed skimpy in the 1,396-seat Geary Theater, an ornately paneled and columned 1910 landmark where A.C.T. has played for more than two decades. Says Edward Hastings, a director since A.C.T.'s inception and Ball's successor as artistic director: "Bill's obsession with the deficit took over from artistic considerations, and that was not healthy for the company, although there were...