Word: faired
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...noble but a bit naive in the real world of Washington politics. Well-financed special- interest groups, went the conventional wisdom, would quash any attempt to take away their favorite loopholes. But Bradley kept plugging away in his dogged fashion; he even published a book on the subject (The Fair Tax) that forcefully laid out the case for reform. This week his persistence will be vindicated by the votes of many of the same Senators who only a few months before had written off tax reform as a hopeless dream...
Despairing, Committee Chairman Bob Packwood, a Republican, finally came to Bradley in early May. "Bill," he asked, "how did you do it?" The package that emerged from a week of closed-door committee meetings came out looking very much like Bradley's Fair Tax plan, eliminating most tax breaks and dropping rates...
While it's fair to say that the presence of a Soviet-backed nation in Central America has made the U.S. a little more nervous and antsy, the way in which Reagan has chosen to handle this threat will only aggravate the problem...
...Just today I talked to U.S. News and World Report and Vanity Fair. There are a lot of extra needs because of the anniversary," he said...
...Given the premise that this administration is going to appoint a conservative Justice then I think this appointment is ideal," says Clark Byce, Royall Professor of Law Emeritus, who taught administrative law to Scalia. "I think everyone will get a fair shake from...