Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the strong liberal flavor of the state, politicians from across the ideological spectrum agree that party affiliations in the state legislature--generally considered the best indicator of electoral sympathies--do not accurately reflect the mind-set of the state...
...leaders on both sides of the aisle stress economic growth, the need to cut back the federal bureaucracy, and tax reform to eliminate loopholes. Their means differ: Republicans, for instance, favor a flat tax, while Democrats would maintain some form of graduated rates. Even so, the new ideas germinating reflect the broad outlines of future national debates, which will be played out within the parties as well as between them. -By Evan Thomas. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett and Joseph N. Boyce/ Dallas
...problems that such companies face reflect recent dramatic changes in the marketplace for high technology. In particular, the demand for personal computers and computer software is turning out to be far weaker than numerous companies had supposed. Sales of computers and software are now expected to grow only 28% a year until 1989, according to InfoCorp, a San Jose market-research firm. That is a robust rate for most industries but a brutal disappointment for many of the valley's optimistic entrepreneurs, who were hoping for annual growth of more than 50%. Says InfoCorp Analyst Bob Lefkowits: "Eighteen months...
...confusion, each school makes use of economic models that reflect its pet theories. Some supply-side predictions have been overly bullish, for example, while the Keynesian and monetarist outlooks have mostly been too cautious...
...three Cubans to assassinate a Libyan dissident in 1976, one of the Cubans testified that he had indeed worked with Wilson in both the CIA and Naval Intelligence, albeit before Wilson had put out the murder contract. The reaction of a member of the predominantly black jury appeared to reflect public opinion at the time: "This seemed like some kind of spook deal when all dudes were lying on one another. They ought to go make some of them James Bond movies...