Word: gathering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...budget deficit is. How it rolls like a tidal wave of red ink over the Administration and Congress, undermining the dollar, pushing up interest rates, shaking the international monetary system and threatening to put future generations of Americans in hock to foreigners forever. How, whenever moneymen gather, finance ministers moan, central bankers chide, and all stare in horrified fascination. How could America get itself into such a mess...
...assessor said he was optimistic about the city's ability to gather the necessary revenue. "The growth rate in Cambridge is very favorable, it has consistently gone up. There are many unfinished properties out there, and that means money coming...
...capital-gains cut looked like a pledge that could not be redeemed. It was one of the few campaign issues on which George Bush took a beating from Michael Dukakis; Bush's congressional allies introduced legislation, but with no real hope of passage. When the proposal began to gather surprising momentum, Democratic leaders denounced the idea as a giveaway to Bush's rich friends and thundered about a "defining issue" -- one on which Democrats should hold fast to demonstrate just what the difference is between their party and the Republicans. For Bush to prevail in the House, even assuming total...
...transsexual physician Renee Richards (Second Serve) -- Redgrave never camps up a performance, never tips the audience the equivalent of a wink to distance herself from neurotic excess. She gives every character she plays her loyalty and respect. Trying to puzzle out how she achieves such artless naturalness, fellow actors gather to scrutinize her work. Says writer-director David Hare, who starred Redgrave in his movie Wetherby: "She's the one they all watch. Vanessa has an access to her feelings without parallel. She is the least flustered, most completely focused actress; she barely needs to study a part...
...every voice counts. One or two sardines may be good food, but gather enough and you have something even the Administration can't swallow...