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Word: recessing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weeks after the primary, Rappaport has had Massachusetts to himself, like a schoolboy at recess while the rest of the class stayed in detention...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Long Trip Downhill | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...month to join forces with longtime rival Boris Yeltsin, leader of the Russian Republic, in drafting an alternative plan. Thus when Ryzhkov stepped to the podium of the Supreme Soviet last week to present his latest plan to bail out the economy, parliamentary deputies, just back from the summer recess and visits with cranky voters, were not about to let him off lightly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Beyond Perestroika | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

...President declared himself "frustrated" by the lack of progress but stopped short of holding the summiteers in Washington during the August recess to complete the job. Now, with the threat of a recession heightened by a leap in oil prices triggered by the Persian Gulf crisis, Bush and Congress have only 20 legislative days left before the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deadline falls. If no agreement can be reached on paring the deficit to $64 billion by Oct. 1, across-the-board spending cuts -- the so-called sequester -- will go into effect, closing airports, canceling children's vaccinations and forcing federal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Deficit of Guts | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

Before its Aug. 3 recess, the full Senate is almost certain to follow the ethics committee recommendation and denounce Durenberger for bringing the chamber into "dishonor and disrepute." Durenberger may feel that by enduring a moment of shame and making restitution he puts things right with the world and deserves to retain a place of honor in it. If so, he is ignoring an elementary principle of political morality: those who make the laws are not above them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Durenberger's Comedown . . . | 7/30/1990 | See Source »

...days to the task. They also routinely stretch weekends to three or four or even five days, especially when a holiday comes up, and will be taking off 29 days in August. They needed a 23-day break to usher in the New Year, which followed a five-week recess to enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress: Bed Check for The Senate | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

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