Word: occured
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some critics have grave doubts that that will occur. One of them is Brookings' Pechman, who says that the cut, together with all the other goodies tossed into the package, will only increase the federal budget deficit without contributing to increased productivity. Says Pechman: "The zeal to cut taxes is so great that they [Congressmen] don't pay attention to the deficits." Among businessmen there seems to be a consensus that the first small returns from the cut will be spent and not saved: they will, after all, appear in paychecks some time before Christmas, and some retailers...
...possibly a new obstacle to getting tough. An M.I.T. chemistry professor and a Massachusetts lawyer have concluded that since the amount of alcohol in a person's blood often increases for as long as two hours after he consumes his last drink, any test for intoxication should occur within 30 min. of the crime. Police rarely can meet that deadline. Thus many prosecutors may soon see their best evidence picked to pieces...
...noted. In 1955 members of his Cabinet predicted imminent war with Red China in the Formosa Strait. Ike knew better: "I have so often been through these periods of strain that I have become accustomed to the fact that most of the calamities that we anticipate really never occur...
...infants born to women who drink upwards of 3 oz. of pure alcohol daily (the equivalent of six or more cocktails) have a set of defects known collectively as fetal alcohol syndrome. Its ravages include mental retardation, growth deficiencies and distinctive facial features. Similar problems occur in about 10% of the babies born to women who consume 1 to 2 oz. of alcohol...
...Nianlong, China's acting Foreign Minister, who warned about Vietnamese "duplicity." At week's end a vague compromise plan was adopted that called for "appropriate arrangements" to ensure that armed Cambodian factions would not be able to prevent or disrupt elections-if any should ever occur...