Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...override the veto failed, negotiations between Congress and the White House resumed. To break the impasse, it appeared for a time that the factions might agree to a trade: Democrats would go along with a cut in the capital-gains tax favored by the President; Republicans would accept the hike in income taxes on the wealthy that the Democrats demand. Such a swap had been explicitly rejected during the five-month budget talks that produced the original plan...
...beginning of 1990, many Administration officials openly acknowledged the need for taxes. These included Darman and Sununu, aides to each explained, though neither admitted it publicly. And Bush? No one is sure, but those closest to him suspect that the President accepted the need for a tax hike gradually, not at some specific moment. The real question was, When should the U turn take place? Wait until 1991 and the reversal could damage Bush's 1992 re-election campaign. Wait until late 1990 and it might overshadow the budget deal itself. Better, aides figured, to do it as soon...
LANDSCAPE IN THE MIST. Greek director Theo Angelopoulos makes majestic visions out of spare images. In this metaphysical road movie, two children hike across Greece to find their absent father. A poignant but never sentimental view of childhood from a master of minimalism...
There was a factual error in a September 18 Crimson article on a City Council tax hike. The approved increase was for $8.5 million, not billion...
...president of the school since 1974, Silber has alienated faculty, staff and students alike in what amounted to a massive seizure of power. With the help of an unprecedented tuition hike, Silber quadrupled the size of university administration and funded secret-police-like surveillance of student protests and faculty activities. Under his leadership, B.U. was cited in court for gender discrimination in employment and for violating students' First Amendment rights...