Word: hike
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...Street Journal editorial writer Jude Wanniski were Cheney, then the deputy chief of staff to Republican President Gerald Ford, and Laffer, who was teaching at the University of Chicago's business school after a stint in the Nixon White House. In trying to explain to Cheney why a tax hike mooted by the President might not be such a great idea, Laffer drew a chart on a napkin that showed government revenues increasing as the tax rate moved up from 0% but then turning around and heading back toward zero as it neared...
...Monday, Sept. 24, this year, the army brutally cracked down on an estimated 100,000 protestors in Rangoon. Foreign diplomats estimate that several hundred, including many monks, were shot or bludgeoned to death by the army. The protests had started a month earlier due to the steep hike in fuel prices, and gathered massive momentum when the junta refused to apologize for firing over the heads of protesting monks in Pakokku on Sept...
Percentage increase in fees for the agency's services, as of July 30; critics say the hike has failed in its goal of speeding the process...
...characters discover an authentic holiday outside the usual traditions--as when Ralphie and family, their turkey devoured by the neighbor's dogs, discover "Chinese turkey" (Peking duck) at a chop-suey restaurant. It's the individual Christmas that matters. Bedford Falls can take a hike...
...students have reported switching to alternative birth control methods, like the morning-after pill, that are less ideal. Although some lawmakers have recognized this new provision as an unintentional and undesirable consequence of legislation tacked onto the omnibus 2005 act, some there are some who actually support the price hike. They argue that the original system encouraged women to use more expensive brand-name drugs at government expensive when cheaper generics would be just as effective. Moreover, some dismiss concerns over the price increase as insignificant, claiming that a mere 40 or 50 dollar price jump for monthly oral contraception...