Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sarney intends to continue his push for a more equal distribution of Brazilian wealth. The P.M.D.B. pledged during the campaign to push for a higher level of government spending for health, education and other social programs. In 1983 the richest 10% of Brazilians owned nearly half the country's wealth, while the poorest 50% owned just 14%. Sarney hopes the combination of increased government outlays and the Cruzado Plan, with its price freeze and wage hikes for workers, will help change that...
...could afford?" But the answer such characters come up with is invariably no. In Here Is Einbaum, the hero, a Jewish refugee from Austria, has good reason to feel depressed but somehow cannot: "People amazed him. What would they think of next? His anger at human folly was not equal to the pleasure observing it gave...
...Liberal feminism's goal is the inclusion of women into society in an equal role," Lloyd said. "Its idea is that humans are fundamentally the same...
Looking reflectively down the length of the bridge, he said, "I have almost a perfect lack of confidence in those state fellows. If I were to pray, I would pray that the bridge be spared the attentions of engineers, and of arsonists -- equal dangers with very little difference. This bridge is a masterpiece. You can't help but be stirred by the workmanship that went into it. It should be saved. When it's gone, it's gone...
Under the SEC's consent judgment, Boesky agreed to relinquish $50 million in illegal profits and pay an equal amount in civil indemnities. That is an enormous total by SEC standards: in the twelve months that ended in September the agency had obtained fines and returns of illegal profits totaling only $41.9 million. But the penalties will not bring financial ruin to a man whose reputation on Wall Street was gained by staking tens of millions of dollars on a single stock-market plunge. His worth has been estimated at $200 million, and could easily be much more...