Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hears that Ronald Reagan's victory involved no ideology [ELECTION '84, Nov. 19]. Yet his ideas led to prosperity and peace, two solid reasons for his 49 states-to-1 sweep. The President made several pledges in 1980 that he fulfilled, except for the budget deficit. This is another reason for the landslide...
...Reagan ran on a specific ideological platform that included tax cuts and defense buildups, and in victory he could credibly claim that the electorate wanted both. By contrast, they contend, his avoidance of specific issues this year has forced him to forfeit the claim to sweeping political authority, except possibly in the personality department. For some others, Mondale's disastrous weakness as a television-era candidate skewed the voting results. Joked Kansas Senator Robert Dole: "Reagan didn't win a mandate, he won a Mondate...
...this would be modified for most workers by exempting 20% of all income from wages (up to a maximum of $39,600). The exemption of $ 1,000 for each dependent would be doubled, which would benefit large families. There would be no deductions for any state or local taxes except on property, but other common deductions would be retained. The maximum tax on capital gains would rise gradually over ten years to 25%. The corporate tax rate, as in Bradley-Gephardt, would be 30%. Accelerated depreciation would be kept, but the investment credit would be dropped...
...Except for Bancroft's forceful presence, the film remains as intangible as the great Garbo herself...
...nature that involve other states and therefore dismiss the feasibility of simple bilateral bargaining between the Sikhs and the central government. Rights over the Punjab river waters, the transfer of the city of Chandigarh (which had been given to Haryana in 1966) to Punjab, and political autonomy for Punjab except for the central government's retainment of control over foreign affairs, defense, currency and communications--all these demands constitute extreme difficulties for a central government that must maintain its neutrality with regard to rights and interests of all the Indian states and strive for the continuation of India...