Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although parents may be having fun this weekend, they may not be as excited when they recieve the tuition bills next fall. The parents' visit conincides with a 6.5 percent tuition hike announced yesterday...
Others said that the system is unlikely toimprove as a result of a fare hike...
...coveting the raises, Congressmen had been hopeful that their Machiavellian maneuvers would pay off -- literally. If House Speaker Jim Wright just held firm against a vote, the salary increase would automatically take effect at midnight last Tuesday night. But Wright wavered; the House quavered and overwhelmingly killed the salary hike by a vote...
...Dukakis FY '90 budget is contingent upon legislative approval of a two-year $735 million tax increase requested by the administration. Many legislators have called for further spending cuts rather than a tax hike...
Wright's disingenuous scheme is by no means certain of approval by the Senate, where foes have abandoned hope of preventing the pay hike and will instead try to rescind it fully some weeks or months from now. The Senators' ardor, however, may subside once those fatter paychecks begin landing on their desks...