Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fierce lobbying by the medical profession. He also submitted a wage insurance plan, which is supposed to give unions an incentive to moderate their demands for pay raises. Under the plan, workers who accept wage increases of 7% or less would be compensated by the U.S. Government should inflation exceed 7%. Neither program is given much chance of passing, but the President is pushing them for their symbolic value in the battle against inflation...
...measures he hopes will cut down the drug flow: "We are going to catch up by hitting their financial base: seizure of assets, real estate, all of the investments that go into a criminal organization. Then get penalties commensurate with the criminal profits; the returns for a smuggler far exceed the risks. Also, we hope to promote a better understanding of the health hazards. And in Colombia, you need the type of commitment that will stop production at the source...
...knowledge, proclaimed in his plea for judicial immunity: "An aura of deism is essential for the maintenance of respect for the judicial institution." The judge's claim of something like divine right worked: last March, the Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 3, that a judge could act maliciously, exceed his authority and even commit "grave procedural errors" and still be immune to personal-damage suits. Judges must be free to follow their own convictions, said the court, though Justice Potter Stewart dissented: "A judge is not free, like a loose cannon, to inflict indiscriminate damage...
Executives at all the auto companies predict that they will meet or exceed the CAFE requirements for this year, although GM and Ford at present are about one-tenth of a mile per gallon off target. They argue, however, that it will be tough to meet future standards, starting from next year's 20 m.p.g. all the way up to the eventual 27.5 m.p.g. demanded by 1985. In this competition, GM will have an important advantage. Because it has more money and management depth, it can more easily meet the standards...
...Paying off the debt now enhances the Treasury's ability to borrow later, when Social Security benefit payments will exceed incoming payroll tax revenues. A smaller national debt also reduces overall demand for credit, pushing down interest rates. This in turn should stimulate economic growth and create jobs, producing more payroll tax revenue to keep Social Security healthy. Devoting the savings in interest payments to Social Security should extend the program's solvency from...