Word: deficits
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...reached a Third World level of 21 deaths per 1,000 live births, more than twice the national average. Though its income and inheritance taxes are among the nation's highest and though some 17% of its $2 billion budget is provided by federal subsidy, the District faces a deficit this year of around $175 million...
...hastily called Boston news conference, Dukakis revealed he would not seek an unprecedented fourth term and would instead concentrate on wiping out his state's $636 million budget deficit. Said a philosophical Dukakis: "There comes a time when you have to let go." His withdrawal fueled speculation that Dukakis wants to avenge his stinging loss to George Bush last November by mounting another, probably unwelcome, presidential bid in 1992. The Governor refused to rule out such a replay, coyly observing, "I've learned -- occasionally painfully -- never to say never in politics...
...trillion spending plan for fiscal 1990 predicts a deficit of $93 billion, a smaller overdraft than those Reagan requested and got in earlier years, when he blamed Democrats for the deficit. It calls for a $4 billion hike in defense spending, $10 billion cuts in programs that mainly benefit the middle class and a $4 billion jump in Government efforts to assist the poor. There are some wildly optimistic assumptions, such as the forecast that over the next year interest rates will fall a whopping 2.7 percentage points...
...Crimson came from behind in its victory against Cornell. Facing a 38-31 deficit at the half, Harvard rallied and won the game in the final seconds...
...instead of using his presidential experience to offer us a fresh look at the Soviet Union and the budget deficit, the two greatest challenges facing the nation Reagan waxed philosophical about his administration's accomplishments. He called his presidency's greatest achievement the "the resurgence of national pride...