Word: peg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...extremely difficult to peg exactly why we separate many foreign policy issues into good and evil. One obvious reason is that it makes it easier to swallow complex concepts. But are Americans inherently more stupid than the rest of the world? Not likely...
...spending plan would peg total federal revenues for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 at $857.2 billion...
When we announced that we were going to peg our debt-servicing repayments to 30% of foreign exchange earnings, many people got the wrong idea and interpreted this as a repudiation of our debt. We have not changed our minds. All debts which have been incurred will be honored. I would like our creditors and friends to see us as a country that has been able to identify (and) solve its economic and social problems through our own efforts, at our own pace and at our own volition...
...future of public service at Harvard is hard to peg. Many people point to the development of Citystep as a beacon of hope. Its initiative, innovation and creativity simply arouse praise, and with examples like it people hope there can be steadily increasing public service at Harvard. Sabrina T. Peck '84, one of Citystep's founders, points out also that the organization involves students not normally dedicated to public service...
Congress has been increasingly concerned about the high cost of plastic credit. Three bills introduced this year would set a ceiling on charges. The measures, which are likely to be taken up in early 1986, would peg card rates to the interest on other kinds of short-term loans. One of the bills, sponsored by Democratic Representative Mario Biaggi of New York, would limit card interest to no more than 5% above the cost of 90-day commercial paper, a type of corporate IOU that now yields about...