Word: empt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...angry Dukakis learned of the plot and tried to pre-empt it. Delaying his trip, the Governor ordered his cabinet secretaries to double an earlier 4% cut in their budgets to offset an extra $150 million deficit accumulated since June. He had already pushed through the largest tax hike in state history to deal with a $1 billion shortfall that has given Massachusetts the lowest bond rating...
Port-au-Prince, meanwhile, was stretched tight with tension last week. During one rumor-filled afternoon, the entire city closed down. Some Haitians wondered whether Avril was trying to pre-empt a revolution in the Palace Guard. Others were certain that Avril never intended to relinquish the presidency in the first place, and was consolidating his power for a long rule. But Avril's grip over his country is not as strong as that of Haiti's greatest dictator, Papa Doc Duvalier, and by week's end the President, showing signs of succumbing to diplomatic and internal pressure, renewed...