Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keep his read-my-lips campaign promise of "no new taxes." Congressional leaders wanted to appear to meet deficit-reduction targets without cutting any politically popular spending programs. Budget director Richard Darman came up with a solution that was simple -- too simple. A cut in the capital-gains tax would at least temporarily raise money to cover the revenue shortfall. Many Democrats at first supported the plan that looked like all gain, no pain...
...First You Don't Succeed: Restic said that wide receiver Mark Bianchi's 15-yd. gain on a reverse on the winning drive was the key play of the game. The senior split end was dumped for a 9-yd. loss on a reverse earlier in the game...
...along nicely. Large-scale farmers and well-to-do retirees still enjoy federal largesse, as do oil companies and people earning more than $200,000 (whose income is taxed at a 28% marginal rate, while a working couple with a taxable income of $71,900 pays 33%). Those who gain from such Government generosity vote -- and contribute money -- in disproportionately high numbers and are the heart of the Republican electoral coalition. As long as the middle class has remained relatively unaffected by Washington's retreat, the Republican strategy has paid off handsomely, most recently in Bush's 1988 election...
Further, some of these dissenting masters argue that Jewett's plan is an attempt by the central administration to gain control over house life. Having each house essentially the same would allow the central administration to have interchangeable tutors, advisors and programs and would consequently lessen the authority of the masters...
...There's no way I'd ever invest in the market to gain any money," he said...