Word: hike
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some Medicare users fretted that although the premium change would hike their bills, the freeze would result in inferior health care. Said Joe Mazanek, president of Concerned Seniors of Dade County (Fla.): "If you are going to pay doctors less, they are going to find some way of cutting services...
...clause in his $15.7 million pact, making him the final arbiter of Olympic security in the city of Los Angeles and making the L.A.O.O.C. liable for any increased costs. Last week Gates invoked the agreement and demanded more guards for the Olympic sites and Villages, a move that could hike his contract by as much as $3 million. The L.A.O.O.C. has so far refused to comply. If there is no agreement before the Games, Gates has vowed he will station the extra guards anyway and send the L.A.O.O.C. the bill. Says William Booth, a Gates aide: "Let the lawyers decide...
...past seven months, causing strikes or slowdowns that have hampered services ranging from mail deliveries to issuing passports. The government averted another rash of strikes by agreeing on a two-year contract with public workers last week. Nonetheless, some unions rejected the proposed 15% wage hike and may still walk out before election...
...talks with the International Monetary Fund. The move jeopardized the Caribbean nation's ability to renegotiate its $2.4 billion in foreign debt, because lenders have insisted that it first reach agreement on an austerity program with the IMF. But Dominican leaders, fearful that IMF demands for a sharp hike in gasoline prices would spark a new round of violent protests, decided to quit the talks...
Dukakis said he feels he lost the 1979 election to Edward J King because of his decision to veto those bills, and although he feels a higher drinking age will not solve alcohol-related problems among teenagers, he is unwilling to take the political risk of vetoing an age-hike measure...