Word: jim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...European Community. Because most American feedlot operators hasten cattle growth with hormones, the E.C. has banned more than $100 million of U.S. meat imports. Washington has retaliated by slapping 100% tariffs on $100 million of annual European food imports. But last week Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, declaring it was time "to cut the bureaucratic crap," proposed a way to provide hormone-free exports to Europe...
GLORY! GLORY! (HBO, debuting Feb. 19 and 20, 9 p.m. EST). Jim and Tammy could raise the bucks at least. In this two-part movie, Richard Thomas plays the dullest evangelist on TV, who recruits a drugged-out rock singer to save his ministry...
...year and far more equitably compensated federal judges and top Executive Branch officials. After weeks of public posturing against the Great Salary Grab, while privately 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...
...budget speech on Thursday night, Bush called on Congress to approve his proposal within 45 days. "We must not let this situation fester," he said. "Any plan to refinance the system must be accompanied by major reform." For the most part, his proposal found bipartisan support. Said Iowa Republican Jim Leach, a member of the House Banking Committee: "In his first inning, Bush has stepped up and hit a home run." Another member of the committee, New York Democrat Charles Schumer, said that Bush deserves "a heck of a lot of credit for bellying up to the bar and putting...
...bitterly accuses congressional leaders of bowing to industry pressure. He claims that S & L lobbyists tried to coerce him by warning that his future career in the business would be ruined if he opposed them. One of the biggest defenders of S & L liberties was Texan Jim Wright, now Speaker of the House. Wright has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, which has been trying to determine whether he used "undue influence" in dealing with officials of the Bank Board...