Word: loath
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That may well be the way in which the gas tax becomes more attractive: by default. "Everything else is worse," says economist Lester Thurow, dean of M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management. For instance, Congress will be loath to fiddle with personal income tax rates so soon after the landmark Tax Reform Act of 1986. And while additional "sin" levies on alcohol and tobacco will be an option, they would raise far less revenue than a comparable gasoline-tax hike. At the same time, a national sales tax would be a complex experiment that lawmakers seem unlikely...
...Congress may get rid of a judge for an impeachable offense," said Edwards. "Since Congress is loath to impeach federal judges, this leaves a large category of judiciary misconduct that is safe from regulation...
When Alan Greenspan became chairman of the Federal Reserve Board a year ago, no one expected him to behave like a blindly loyal servant of the Republican Party. But some skeptics feared that his long-standing ties to the G.O.P. would make him loath to hurt Republican chances during a presidential campaign by raising interest rates, even if such a move seemed necessary...
Shultz, for his part, is loath to pronounce his peace initiative dead. "He ((Hussein)) has to be a partner because Jordan has the longest border with Israel of any state," the Secretary of State said last week. "If there's going to be peace between Israel and its neighbors, then Jordan is involved." Hussein would not disagree; as he said in his speech last week, "Jordan will not give up its commitment to take part in the peace process." By abdicating responsibility for the West Bank, however, Hussein is challenging the U.S., Israel and the P.L.O. to work together toward...
...equip their machines with a computer chip that will block the copying of prerecorded music altogether. But while Congress considers the matter in its usual deliberate fashion, some DAT makers are accelerating their assault on the U.S. market. Their reasoning: if enough Americans buy DAT recorders, Congress will be loath to interfere with how they are used...