Word: doled
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...known until he is put to the test. Like many successful politicians, he is essentially an enigma. Says one shrewd Massachusetts Republican leader who has known and supported Reagan for many years: "I know George Bush. I know Howard Baker. I know Phil Crane. I know Bob Dole. I even know John Anderson. They all know me. But I don't know Ronald Reagan. If he came into a room where I was, someone would have to tell him my name. He is the most aloof politician I have ever encountered...
...crest of this wave to Washington, the Republicans risk swamping America's future. These are the politics of reaction, short-term quick-fixes made all the more attractive by a bumbling president who has himself sought to react to Patrick Cadell's latest survey. As Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) said this week, "We couldn't have done it without Jimmy Carter...
Against the incumbent's stern, presidential warnings of a tax cut, the Republicans have rushed to fill what they term a "leadership vacuum," and appear anxious to spank Carter in public on the basis of the president's past economic flip-flops. Sen. Robert Dole (R-Kan.), himself a defeated candidate for both president and vice president, spoke out this weekend as the ranking Republican on the finance committee. "Those who are irresponsible in a time of crisis, including economic crisis, are those who cannot and will not act," Dole said in a sharp rejoinder to Carter's accusations...
...said he would review possible tax cut legislation after election heat has subsided, vowing that he would not be tempted by the potential vote-getting power of a reduction in taxes. After all, the call for a tax cut has long been heard from certain senate Republican circles, Dole offering a prime example. And the Kemp-Roth proposal for balancing the budget, which includes a massive tax cut, has been the object of flirtation for many politicos. Martin Feldstein, professor of Economics, has characterized the Kemp-Roth proposal as something "politicians can digest in thirty seconds and discuss for months...
Altogether, 46 companies, state and local governments, federal agencies and universities have entered into cost-sharing arrangements with the Department of Energy for the demonstration of electric vehicles. DOE, which will dole out $40 million for its EV program this year, is aiming for 10,000 demonstrators by 1986. So far only 500 have been put on the road under the plan...