Word: enacted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Congress has so far refused to enact a tax increase that will not take effect for three years, while the President has ruled out a quicker hike. Moreover, many lawmakers want less defense spending, and more for social programs, than the White House proposed. The result: a budget gridlock. Observed Alice Rivlin, who left her post as director of the Congressional Budget Office last month and is now the head of economic studies for the Brookings Institution: "Congress believes the White House is not serious about raising taxes." Added Heller: "Congress cannot move until the President does...
...series of Oriental myths suggesting that certain women are capable of using psychic power to possess and manipulate people around them. Mieko Togano, Enchi would have us believe is just such a woman Mieko eventually comes to fully possess her daughter-in-law, Yasuko, whom, she uses to enact a bizarre revenge plot, not directed at anyone in particular, but rather at the vague target of past misfortune Throughout the novel, the obvious passion and energy of Mieko are hidden behind a face which reveals no emotion, similar to the masks actresses wore in Japanese No Dramas...
Your article shows how AIDS is giving the enemies of lesbians and gay men seemingly justifiable reason to perpetuate the discrimination that has been practiced against these groups. The unwarranted hysteria now taking place over AIDS makes it imperative that state and federal governments enact laws immediately to safeguard the rights of lesbians and gay men in employment, housing, medical care and social services...
...allowing the Department of Education to carry out the policy until the justices can rule on its constitutionality later this year. The ruling gave the Department of Education only three days to implement a policy due to go into effect July 1. The Department decided to plough ahead and enact the legislation as planned, granting first one-, then two-month extensions on the July deadline...
Alarmed by the recent passage of a state unisex insurance law in Montana and moves to enact similar legislation in twelve other states, as well as at the federal level, the industry has begun an effort to influence legislators. Last week, in a full-page advertisement in major newspapers, the Health Insurance Association of America and the American Council...