Word: doa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...irreverent era of Deconstruction, however, one has the book searched as a text for ideological weapons, the author pronounced DOA, and "meaning" transformed into a convenient black hole for the free play of personal metaphors. The game of literariness is no longer played according to what you read, but to how you raise the questions...
...difficulties of this process were apparent in one experiment conducted at the Department of Agriculture's research center in Beltsville, Md. DOA scientists tried to produce a leaner pig by endowing it with a human-growth- hormone gene. The resulting animal indeed had less fat, but it suffered from some unexpected physical problems, including crossed eyes and arthritis...
Reagan opened his news conference Tuesday night by daring Congress, in effect, to substitute a tax increase for some of his spending cuts. Said the President: "Those who say that our budget is DOA--dead on arrival--are really saying, 'Brace yourself for a tax increase' . . . rest assured that any tax increase sent to me will be V.O.A.--veto on arrival." On a visit to St. Louis the next day, Reagan's motorcade pulled up to a side door of his hotel to bypass 150 angry farmers who oppose his budget priorities. Adding to their pain: some 75,000 letters...
...President opened his news conference with a pitch for his 1987 fiscal year budget, and took note of critics who say it is "DOA--dead on arrival." He said those critics only want a tax increase to reduce deficits, adding that any such increase would be "VOA--vetoed on arrival...
Sellers of farm equipment will be among those hit in 1983. Cash-squeezed farmers had cut back on purchases of new equipment even before this year, leaving manufacturers and dealers with huge inventories. The DOA projects that PIK will reduce spending for purchases and repair of tractors, combines and other machinery by an additional 8% this year, to $18.2 billion. Says Emmett Barker, president of the Chicago-based Farm & Industrial Equipment Institute, a trade group: "The size of the acreage cutback can't help but be disastrous to many businesses. There is no way that you can take...