Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students are somehow at fault for not taking to the streets, that the persistence of various oppressions suggests the need for similar militancy, and, perhaps even occupations. On the national level, protest certainly remains an effective tool for drawing attention and, occasionally, sparking reform. That President Reagan had to delay some of his planned draconian cuts in student aid certainly stems in part from the mobilized student response to his austere budget proposals...
When it was suggested that the President delay by three months his 10% tax cut for 1983, Reagan commented: "You're making me crap a pineapple." House Majority Leader Jim Wright pushed harder, urging him to halve the tax cut to 5%. Reagan complained that he was being asked to substitute a cactus for the pineapple...
Howard Baker made one final try at compromise. He suggested that a three-month delay in Reagan's 10% tax cut be coupled with a similar delay in granting the 1983 COLA benefits. Reagan's senatorial friend Paul Laxalt argued for the compromise, but the President demurred. Reagan, however, did agree to consider the twin delays as part of a compromise package. Now it was the Democrats' turn to respond. O'Neill leaned toward Boiling and asked, "Dick?" Replied Boiling: "We just can't take that." By Boiling's count, Reagan was offering...
...Middle East. A deadline long regarded with something close to dread by U.S. policymakers passed by safely at week's end. For months the U.S. has been concerned that something might delay the scheduled Israeli pullout from the Sinai on April 25. As he started his Falklands shuttle, Haig dispatched his No. 2 man, Deputy Secretary of State Walter Stoessel, in the hope that his mere presence would have a calming effect. The Israeli bombing of Lebanon at midweek stirred U.S. officials to private fury, but the State Department contented itself with a mild public statement while getting messages...
...Clark, while agreeing that the faculty division is a "significant" problem, did not think the faculty should delay consideration of the committee's report because...