Word: jump
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What Congress at last agreed on was a resolution calling for a 5% jump in military funds, amounting to about $23 billion. It proposed as yet undefined tax increases of $73 billion over three years, beginning with $12 billion in 1984. The resolution increases domestic spending by $21.5 billion more than Reagan wants, but $8.5 billion of this is to be used only if Congress later decides that recession relief programs are needed. The result is that the congressional target deficit is roughly $10 billion less than Reagan's for 1984 and by 1986 would be some $40 billion...
They could not afford to jump to conclusions?any conclusions. Their only hope was to be grindingly, interminably thorough. Otherwise, they could pursue a course of investigation for hours or days, only to find it ended nowhere...
...league pitcher's chalking up a 1.50 ERA, winning 20 games and batting .350. Other sprinters have been superlative long jumpers, but Lewis is in a class by himself (he owns the indoor mark of 28 ft. 1 in.). At Indianapolis he made the second farthest outdoor long jump in history: 28 ft. 10¼ in., just 4¼ in. shy of the record...
...will have a chance for more shopping. Lewis will compete at the World University Games in Canada in July, and in August he goes to the first official World Championships in Finland. Records could fall anywhere along the way. "I'm four inches away in the long jump," he says coolly, "one tick from the world record in the 100 and three ticks in the 200. They're all within reach, I think...
ITALY: Guido Carli, a former governor of the Bank of Italy and a board member, sent his forecasts from Milan, where he was campaigning for the Italian Senate in next Sunday's national elections. Said he: "I thought it would be better to jump in than stay on the sidelines criticizing." According to Carli, Italy faces perhaps the most serious troubles of all West European countries. He warned that unless the budget deficit, which is currently running at an annual rate of $60 billion, is reined in, "Italy will be prevented from participating in the recovery of other nations...