Word: labors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Moynihan proposal claimed that the budget crisis was, in his words, "easily fixed." What needed fixing, he said, was the Consumer Price Index, or CPI. By simply subtracting a single percentage point from the index published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Moynihan declared, the Treasury would save $634 billion over the next 10 years, partly in reduced cost of living adjustments to people who collect entitlement checks. Moynihan's idea, in various forms, has long been bandied about by economists. But now it has caught the attention of both Democrats and Republicans. Both sides are heading...
That's when the CPI fix could prove handy. The index is actually an imperfect measure of inflation that the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates by keeping track of consumer prices for a so-called basket of 364 categories of goods and services; those prices are compared with what was charged for the same items in a 1982-84 base period. Just as a rising tide lifts all ships, a CPI that increases 2%, for example, automatically boosts by the same percentage such federal expenditures as Social Security payments, civil service pensions and earned-income tax credits...
Muhammed, speaking as Farrakhan's representative, encouraged members of the black community to strike from work for the day, and to abstain from labor and commercial activity...
...four-page, single-spaced, letter reviews the honors won by Harvard faculty, mentions three recent dean appointments and offers updates on topics ranging from labor relations to research funding...
...news was no better on the ice rinks across the country as the NHL labor talks bogged down. A last minute settlement was reached, but only after the several days of games were canceled and the entire schedule shuffled...