Word: facedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Among the surprise entries on the most-improved list are several states in the nation's recession-racked industrial heartland. West Virginia, still leading the U.S. in joblessness with an unemployment rate of 15.1%, faced a projected fiscal 1983 deficit of $81.4 million as recently as last January. But...
Michigan, its economy wedded to the unpredictable auto industry, faced a 1983 budget deficit between $800 million and $900 million last January. But the state raised personal income taxes from 4.6% to 6.35%, added 2? to the state gas tax, whittled the number of employees on the state payroll by...
Epps pointed out that increased security might only create conflict between students and police, and predicted that it would probably be ineffective. "A large police force, faced with 300 to 500 fans coming out of the stands, would have trouble trying to stop them," added Harvard Director of Athletics John...
For more than a week, the durable chieftain and some 4,000 diehard supporters fought off a savage offensive by an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 Syrian-backed guerrillas in and around the northern port city of Tripoli. According to Abu Mousa, leader of the rebel faction that mounted...
Shultz, however, faced opposition from Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who has frequently argued that closer U.S.-Israeli ties would imperil American attempts to strengthen relations with the Arab world. Nevertheless, at a meeting last month, Reagan sided with Shultz and signed National Security Decision Directive 111.