Word: recession
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...noisy barrage. As soon as Congress reconvened after its Lincoln's Birthday recess, Democrats David Boren of Oklahoma and James Exon of Nebraska began a Senate filibuster aimed at forcing the Administration to make more loan money available to farmers who might otherwise go broke before they can get their spring planting done. The most important business delayed was confirmation of Edwin Meese as Attorney General, which has already been on hold for a year. Robert Dole, the new Majority Leader, called the maneuver "blackmail" and testily declared, "If we start playing political games rather than responding to the real...
...interest is literally split between kids and dance, which is what makes it so exciting," Peck adds. Among the dances to be featured 'in the performances are an impish boy playing with his shadow and three girls sharing friendship during recess...
...proved a rude jolt. Workers who were accustomed to cycling home for lunch found themselves forced to eat near their jobs; since few offices have canteens, employees jammed into crowded restaurants cursed with slow service. Schoolteachers in Canton even asked their supervisors for a < return to the two-hour recess to give students enough time for a meal at home...
...aimed at squelching suspicions of a possible official cover-up, the authorities have allowed two priests, representing the episcopate of the Roman Catholic Church, to "observe" the case. They will listen along with the state prosecutors to the testimony of more than 20 witnesses after a brief year-end recess...
Shortly before the holiday recess, Sofaer denied a series of motions by the Time Inc. attorneys to dismiss the case outright. But he reserved judgment on whether the magazine had been denied due process by the Israeli government's refusal to allow Time Inc.'s lawyers to see key documents, including the secret appendix, and question several Israeli officials. Sofaer has informed the Israeli government that the secret papers can be accepted as evidence only if attorneys from both sides are allowed direct access to them. In a statement attached to Sofaer's letter, Time Inc. attorneys...