Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In sharp contrast to Reagan's stiff-necked philosophic rigidity, Bush was eager to touch every point on the ideological spectrum. He honored, with lip service at least, most of his kinder and gentler campaign promises, ranging from a pledge to halt offshore drilling in California to advocacy of extended...
IN fact, Bush has the equation wrong. The United States clearly must finance the investments in productivity and human resources that the President seeks-it simply lacks the will to do so. Adhering to his "read my lips" campaign pledge, Bush adamantly refuses to consider a tax increase or even...
.Resolved that "the city manager and all city employees rededicate themselves to go the 'extra mile' in dealing with others." The move was prompted by President Bush's campaign pledge for a "kinder and gentler" nation, the order said.
While admitting no guilt, GM has agreed to pay more than $3 million in damages to 3,800 past and present employees, along with $13 million in pay raises for black workers whose salaries are most out of line with those of their white counterparts. The automaker has promised that...
But it is also what happens when a new President takes office without an escape route from the fiscal cul-de-sac he has backed himself into. Candidate Bush's no-new-taxes vow means he will not be able to keep promises to propose spending for new programs in...