Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every President has a religion, in the sense of a creed that gets him and his supporters through the day. Ronald Reagan had two religions -- low taxes and traditional values -- plus a demonology, or at least a demon -- the evil empire. George Bush disestablished the Reagan religions and offered in their place little more than a belief in the sufficiency of his own good character, which is one reason he was a one-term President...
Never mind that during the 1980s the top 5 percent of American wage earners saw their incomes double as a whole, Michael Eisner has personal rights to exercise. Never mind that the Reagan-Bush years reset the average family's after tax income to 1970s levels, Eisner sees a loophole. Never mind that because of 12 years of Republican rule, the bottom tenth of Americans watched their average income decrease 14.8 percent, because Eisner wants his dough and he wants...
...time I took up a pen, Bush, Reagan and Carter had been done to death. Now, I'm free to form my own original take on politics. As I teeter on the brink of graduation, the real world a yawning chasm before me, I have a chance to make my mark...
Depending on how Clinton's Executive Order is phrased and how the courts interpret it, many of the gay men and lesbians forced out during the Reagan- Bush era -- nearly always because their preference was revealed or suspected by colleagues, not because of actual sexual misconduct or because they made statements to the media -- may file similar claims. The problems of accommodating them, making amends for time lost and potentially providing back pay and benefits worry even military leaders who feel temperate about the basic issue...
...steer a middle course between all- out deficit reduction and gangbusters stimulation of the economy. His goal is "to bring this deficit down . . . gradually and within a framework which permits us to substantially increase investment" (good luck). On legislative strategy, Clinton said he would emulate, of all people, Ronald Reagan and pack "a whole lot of changes into omnibus bills . . . the fewer votes ((in Congress)) you have, the better off you are." The President-elect summoned congressional leaders to a Sunday huddle in Little Rock, and was then to leave the Arkansas capital for a quick trip to Washington, where...