Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...face to face with the reality of doing less for the folks back home. But Joseph Pechman, director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, believes that total cuts will still add up to as much as $30 billion. Said he: "I would certainly give the Congress an A-minus for that...
...Friedersdorf thought he counted some 70 Democrats standing up too. Said he jokingly to an aide: "Can't we count this as our vote and pack up and go home?" Friedersdorf was referring to the fact that Reagan needs up to 40 Democrats to join the Republicans, minus a small number of defectors, in order to carry his program through the Democratic-controlled House. Behind Reagan at the Speaker's desk, Democrat Tip O'Neill noted the applauding members of his party, turned to Vice President George Bush beside him and conceded: "Here's your...
...team travels to Penn Saturday to play in its first Ivy League Championship, but will be minus a few players because of Rotary scholarship interviews. "I've been juggling the line-up lately to fill in the gaps so when we change positions and people on Saturday we'll be used to it." Coach Kit Morris said...
Smiling and nodding and handshaking them out the door, then turning to roommates with dread or accusations; and outside in the hall, the committees rating personalities on a grading system from one to seven (except for Ivy, the top, which needs only a plus or minus)--one even reporting the decision, incredibly enough, on a walkie-talkie...
...entire heist may take less than an hour. Each load earns the hot oiler at least $900, minus whatever kickback the pumper demands. One energetic trucker has boasted of pocketing $50,000 in just six months of steady stealing...