Word: doled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Social Security bill, popular pressure would force them to adopt irresponsible Government handout schemes like the ones being pushed by California's Dr. Francis Townsend and Louisiana Governor Huey Long. To soothe conservative qualms, Roosevelt demanded that his planners draft a scheme that was not "the same old dole." That ruled out any use of general revenues, meaning primarily income taxes, to finance any part of Social
...unusual two-hour private meeting with Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Surmised Hooks: "In his own way, I think he doesn't want to be remembered as a bigot." In essence, the compromise devised by Senators Robert Dole, Edward Kennedy and Charles Mathias decreed that local voting laws could be adjudged discriminatory on the basis of their "effects" rather than their "intent." Civil rights groups say intent is almost impossible to prove in court; the wording of the bill precludes a conservative fear that the effects test could lead...
Richard Boiling, Chairman of the House Rules Committee. Other key backstage dealers include Republican Senators Robert Dole of Kansas, Mark Hatfield of Oregon, Paul Laxalt of Nevada and Pete Domenici of New Mexico. For the Democrats, Congressmen Jim Jones of Oklahoma and Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois are essential players...
...current maximum penalty for falsifying a tax return is a fine of $10,000 and five years in prison. Republican Senators Robert Dole and Charles Grassley, have introduced a bill that would stiffen reporting requirements and add some large new fines. At present, its prospects look...
...deal was cut, or rather sliced. The new lease calls for a 3,000-submarine payment in lieu of two years' rent. Gerrity, whose machine-tool factory is next door to the Big Dom's submarine shop in question, will dole out 1,200 sandwich vouchers to plant workers the first year. Ordinarily a Big Dom's sub can cost up to $4.95. Says Gerrity of his employees: "If they're smart, they'll go for the expensive ones...