Word: fight
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theory, the surtax is a fiscal mechanism, a key weapon in the fight against inflation. In practice-as two Presidents have discovered to their chagrin-Congress has found it a handy lever for forcing its fiscal views on the Chief Executive. Last year a House coalition compelled Lyndon Johnson to accept stringent budget cuts before they would pass the tax. This year liberals in the Senate are demanding as their price for extending the surcharge a major overhaul of the entire tax structure...
...Fight and fear not; the gates of Paradise are under the shade of the swords...
...widening divisions. In the weeks since the first riots-which terrified primarily the Chinese, since they were the main victims-new incidents have centered on Indian communities as well. With both minorities now targets for mob attack, the struggle has become more clearly than ever the Malay extremists' fight for total hegemony. Whether or not the Malay-controlled police force and emergency government have actually stirred up some of the house-burning, spear-carrying mobs, they seem unwilling to clamp down on them. Strict government censorship has created a news void that forces panicked citizens to keep their transistor...
Hayakawa urged the faculty to fight back-showing himself to be an obvious leader whom the trustees soon picked as acting president. When he took over, the campus had shut down -a battleground of arson, bombings and police raids. How would Hayakawa handle...
What investors saw on the tax-and-money front in Washington last week was just the opposite. Extension of the tax surcharge has become the symbol of the Government's determination to fight inflation; if it is not extended, the Federal Reserve will have to make money even tighter, and 12% interest rates could become the rule. But Senate Democrats are holding the surtax as hostage, vowing that they will not vote for it unless it is combined with long-overdue tax reforms. They sense a taxpayers' revolt and know that reform has become politically popular. Tax reform...