Word: paired
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such arguments did not sway Democratic lawmakers, who overwhelmingly voted down a pair of Administration-backed amendments. One, sponsored by Oklahoma Republican Mickey Edwards and favored by the White House, would have limited earned income tax credits for child care to a mere $200 to $300 a year; it was defeated by a vote of 285 to 140. The White House then tried to rally support for a compromise devised by Texas Democrat Charles Stenholm, which would have prohibited the Government from setting standards for child-care centers and personnel. It went down, 230 to 195. The bill's supporters...
...Branca's self-confidence was well-founded. Though he didn't score a hat trick, he did score an impressive pair of goals. Branca was not the only poised Crimson starter--several members of the team felt that the trip to California helped them psychologically...
...alums had plenty to cheer about. Harvard, Cornell and Brown entered the day undefeated in the Ivy League, and only Cornell emerged unscathed. The Big Red tallied a pair of late-game touchdowns--one on a 40-yd. interception return--to snag a 29-17 triumph...
...little useful advice for Moscow's ethnic revolts. But Shevardnadze made it clear he was in search of American technical know-how for the ailing Soviet economy. Together with several U.S. and Soviet economists, the pair chewed over such specifics as ruble convertibility and Soviet Treasury bonds. "There is a change in the psychology of how they are prepared to talk about themselves and in their attitude toward us," said a Baker aide. "There is a degree of trust emerging...
Though he can hire and fire the country's most powerful men, it seems he has no clear blueprint of the system he wants to build in place of the socialism that has failed. -- Shevardnadze and Baker talk turkey in Wyoming. -- In an exclusive pair of interviews, El Salvador's President and rebel leader explain why peace may now be possible...