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...politicians" in both the Administration and Congress then joined in an endless series of deals and compromises that drastically watered down even the inadequate spending cuts Stockman was able to propose. Worse, they began a bidding war that turned the later tax cut into a gargantuan giveaway of federal revenues. Result: the welfare state survives in all fundamental respects, and the economy has been saddled with mammoth deficits that in Stockman's view are leading "inexorably" to doom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gossipy Lament | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...this era of the entrepreneur, nearly everyone and his brother are thinking big. But Charles and Maurice Saatchi, London's most successful admen, are thinking gargantuan. These brothers always have. Maurice, 41, once likened his ambition to a giant iron flywheel that almost no one could stop. For his part, Charles, 42, has "an insatiable desire to own and dominate everything," according to a former colleague. Their attitude gets results. The advertising agency that the brothers started in 1970 has mushroomed into the largest in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The British Admen Are Coming! | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...first game, Harvard trounced an inexperienced UMass squad, 13-5. But then Slippery Rock--stocked with players of gargantuan proportions--pummelled Harvard, 11-2. In the last game, a fatigued Crimson squad fell to Queens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sportswrap | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...This gargantuan nest egg has also created greater financial security for the citizens who take part in the program. More than 27 million households, or about one-third of the U.S. total, have started at least one IRA. George Solomon and Anne Wyndham, a pair of Santa Monica, Calif., actors with a two- year-old son, each plan to start an IRA because of their uncertain future income in show business. Says Silverio Califano, 42, an Eastern Airlines aircraft inspector in Miami, who contributes to his account every year: "As far as I'm concerned, I think IRAs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild About IRAs | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...with the common people that allowed him to run for and win his first elected position, a district assembly seat, in 1967. Even today, the tall, slim Chirac is famous in the district for his prodigious memory for the names and family histories of his constituents--and for his gargantuan appetite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Irrepressible Bulldozer | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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