Word: doled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moment, the question remains of how to judge who gets the available transplants. Benefit is not a clear-cut question, yet clearcut decisions must be made. However, it would be neither ethical nor possible to create a central computer-like authority to dole out judgments of patients. The power of organ transplant technology will be controlled by somebody, be they the wealthy patients, the needy patients, the state law makers, the hospitals, or the doctors; we must decide, then, who should control that power...
...Dole's selection as majority leader had a domino effect on key committee chairmanships. Oregon's Bob Packwood, a frequent Reagan critic, will succeed Dole as head of the Finance Committee, wielding power over the Administration's tax-reform plan when and if it is sent to Capitol Hill. "I sort of like the tax code the way it is," Packwood told the Washington Post last week...
...fact, White House aides viewed Dole's victory philosophically, feeling that his legislative acumen and credibility on " Capitol Hill will be an overall plus for the Administration. "The only question mark," said one "senior aide, "is whether he is going to run for President." If Dole, who has unveiled ambitions for the White House, does make a bid in 1988, his independence could become more pronounced, making the going rougher for Reagan in the final year of his term...
...however. Dole says his first political priority is to retain the G.O.P. majority in the Senate in 1986. And that means keeping the country happy and prosperous...
...m.p.h. Screeching along out of control, it rammed stanchions along the runway. Its left wing was ripped from the fuselage. Soon the plane was engulfed by an enormous fireball-and then a second fire. Not far from the crash zone, a crowd of witnesses, including Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole, calmly watched the whole explosive episode...