Word: parings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Administration proposal, which would replace the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 that expires next Sept. 30, would sharply pare back subsidies over the next five years. It would slash price-support levels and phase out payments that now bolster the earnings of producers of such major commodities as wheat and corn. In addition, it would cut federal outlays to growers who are paid to leave their land fallow in order to hold down the supply of crops and thus keep prices firm...
Unless Congress takes action, the budget deficit is expected to rise inexorably from $197 billion next year to $308 billion by 1989. The Brookings proposal would pare the deficit to $145 billion next year and push it down to only $20 billion by the end of the decade. Carefully balanced, the plan calls for spending reductions of $92 billion, equally divided between defense and domestic cuts, and tax increases of $108 billion in 1989. Lower interest costs on the national debt would save another $88 billion that year...
Before the 16th century barbers, in addition to cutting hair, acted as part-time surgeons--treating wounds, pulling teeth and bloodletting--because early physicians didn't want to deal with the untidiness of surgery. In fact, the father of modern surgery. Ambroise Pare, began his career as a barber of sorts...
...will send 200 delegates to the Democratic convention, the third largest bloc from any state, and even before it voted the former Vice President's lead was a daunting 1,212 delegates to Hart's 644. Hart is running out of time and states in which to pare it down. Hart did run slightly ahead of Mondale in Louisiana, which apportioned 57 of its total of 68 delegates in a primary Saturday, but it did him no good-because both ran far behind Jackson. The fiery preacher put on a stunning performance, inspiring blacks to vote...
...time of concern over increased deficits, the $8 billion in aid proposed by the commission over the next five years for Central America seems like an exorbitant sum. Surely Congress and the President will work to pare that figure down in the future. For now, Americans must discard the notion that shooting will bring peace to the region and sober up to the reality that there is no flight from commitment from Central America. The cost in humanitarian and strategic terms is too great...