Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...clamor for decent, affordable health care has reached a fever pitch. President-elect Bill Clinton, who won plenty of votes by promising that he would work to deliver such a system, is now under heavy pressure to deliver on his pledge within the first 100 days. As he prepares to take office, the problems with America's health-system have reached a critical condition. Medical costs have begun to accelerate at an even faster pace than was expected. More and more employers, unable or unwilling to shoulder the financial burden any longer, are canceling or slashing benefit plans. Millions more...
...face, the two-day Conference on the Economy, held in Little Rock, served as a remarkable national teach-in, where 329 economists, corporate executives, labor leaders and other interest-group advocates got a chance to pitch their favorite nostrums to the President-elect. It provided the public with an exhaustive review of the tough choices on taxes and spending that face Clinton and the country. And it also allowed Clinton to present himself in a flattering light: attentive, whip-smart and lip-bitingly empathetic; the reading glasses perched soberly at the end of his bulbous nose lent a touch...
...underdog's surprise victory. Now they wonder if their confidence was misplaced. "He definitely has not been a corruption fighter so far," says Edward Ferguson, who recently served as the lead prosecutor against the Teamsters. "Nobody is suggesting that Carey is a bad guy, but his whole pitch was 'Elect me so we can get rid of the government and fight the enemy ourselves...
...levy on the total sales -- rather than profits -- of foreign companies in the U.S. But that kind of policy could backfire mightily. Germany has declared that if Clinton imposes such new taxation, Bonn will retaliate against local subsidiaries of American firms. With global trade tensions already at a fever pitch and foreign companies increasingly unhappy with conditions in the U.S., any further discouragement of outside capital might cause real harm to American economic growth. "Foreign investors have been very frustrated over the past two years," says Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International. "They're amazed that...
Activities and preparations for "The Game" are reaching a fever pitch...