Word: hills
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other Americans, watched the television epic Lonesome Dove, figured that the great Texas- Montana cattle drive came right over their broad land. If that fantasy were turned into fact, then in all probability the tough old trail bosses Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call drove their herd across the Smoky Hill and Saline rivers and pushed north to beat the merciless winters they knew were in store for them...
...House budget plan is certain to have a major impact on the coming debate on Beacon Hill over spending and taxes, but most observers agreed that the proposal would almost certainly not be enacted as written. More important, they said, was that Voke began the debate early and clearly sketched the choices facing legislators...
Alas, Washington has gone all partisan on the President. The new mood stems not just from Congressmen's crankiness over fumbling their pay raise. Capitol Hill does not want to take the rap for the irreconcilable differences between what Bush is promising in his budget and what the Treasury will allow him to do. Nor is the Senate Armed Services Committee going to rubber-stamp the nomination of former Senator John Tower as Secretary of Defense...
...Capitol Hill Democrats quickly estimated that the Bush budget calls for $20 billion in spending reductions but identifies just $10 billion in specific cuts -- such as the slash envisioned for federal workers' cost of living increases. The remaining $10 billion in reductions disappear into what Senate Budget Committee chairman James Sasser called the "black box" of the budget. Asked about this timorous lack of specific recommendations, a senior White House aide said with a chuckle, "We're too smart for that. There's no law that says you have to define cuts and throw out red flags...
Because of Proposition 2 1/2, a referendum passed in 1980, the property taxes cities and towns can levy have been restricted. As a result, local funds for education have been smaller, and reliance upon aid from Beacon Hill has increased drastically...