Word: knelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...departure from the White House in May 1985, used an almost identical ploy to halt indictments being sought against him by Independent Counsel Whitney North Seymour Jr. The challenges are more than just delaying tactics; in the words of one Justice Department attorney, they could mark the "death knell for the special-prosecutor statute...
...move also helped Harvard recruit more quality basketball prospects. The dingy confines of the IAB were often thought to deal a death knell to Harvard's sales pitch...
...while Turner was killing the Crimson at one end of the court, the cagers were clanging their own death knell at the other...
Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski may have sounded the death knell when he announced last week that the House Ways and Means Committee, which he heads, would postpone "temporarily" any further sessions on tax reform. The 36- member committee has tinkered with the President's package, hoping to come up with a proposal that could win House approval. It is now virtually impossible for a tax-reform bill to pass the House and reach the Senate by Nov. 1, the deadline designated by Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole. Thus Congress is not likely to tackle tax reform this year...
...scope of Reagan's support among all groups and regions is profoundly disquieting to Democrats. It could in fact be the death knell for the Democratic majority forged during the New Deal. But does it herald a new era of Republican dominance? Even though 38% of the electorate still call themselves Democrats, the exit polls did show an increase in the percentage of voters identifying themselves as Republicans, from 27% in 1980 to 32% in this election. Perhaps more important, more of those under 24 now use the Republican than the Democratic label...