Word: latta
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American growth in recent years. Since a long overdue return to thriftiness would put a damper on the economy, a too rapid conversion could be dangerous. "If everybody got religion and cut their spending 10%, we'd have a recession. Gradual change is what we need," says Cynthia Latta, senior financial economist for Data Resources, a forecasting firm...
...series of GOP amendments to sharply alter the plan were defeated, Rep. Delbert L. Latta of Ohio, the panel's senior Republican, complained, "We were getting rolled all day" by the Democratic majority...
Albright dashed to the streetcar, flung his long frame on board and beat the courier to the White House, where Legislative Clerk Maurice Latta was also moved by his enthusiasm and promised to slip the bill into the President's night papers and even try to rescue the pen used in signing. A few hours later, Albright picked up a phone and heard the magic words: "The President signed the bill...
...Although Latta has a master's degree in mechanical engineering, he works as a meter reader for the Denver water department. Among his other claims to fame, Latta holds the Denver meter-reading record: 600 in a single day. Says his supervisor: "He is a phenomenon of accuracy and speed...
Whether pixilated or merely adventurous, Latta, who turns 46 this week, is hardly regretful about his unguided White House tour. Although he admits it was "a mistake," he notes that "it was the high point of being in Washington." If convicted of unlawful entry, Latta could be sentenced to six months in jail. But because the charge is only a misdemeanor, Washington prosecutors would be powerless to extradite him from Colorado if he did not return voluntarily...