Word: reform
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Tokyo, the 67th U.S. Treasury Secretary helped forge an agreement at the annual summit meeting for improved international economic cooperation. While Baker was accomplishing that feat, his aides in Washington were midwifing a tax bill in the U.S. Senate that became the basis for the most dramatic tax reform in more than 30 years...
...most important criminal law rulings of the decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has given a new twist to the first axiom of American justice, that the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty. In a 6-3 decision last week, the court upheld the controversial 1984 Bail Reform Act, by which Congress authorized the "preventive detention" of some federal suspects. For many years federal judges were forbidden to deny bail in most cases, except when there was reason to believe that a defendant might flee before trial. The new law has permitted those judges to refuse bail to thousands...
...collateral to open variable-rate, revolving-credit accounts good for up to 80% of the equity the homeowner has accrued. Because home-equity loans can be used to buy consumer items, including anything from stereos to luxury cars, their newfound allure comes from a loophole in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which phased out the deductibility of all interest payments except mortgage payments on principal and second homes. Home-equity borrowing currently offers markedly lower interest rates (about 10%) than an unsecured personal loan (14%) or credit-card loans (about...
...granting longtime illegal aliens legal status, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ((NATION, May 4)) is moving in the right direction. These immigrants came to the U.S. for the same reason our ancestors did: to be free. They saw a new frontier and a chance to leave unemployment and poverty. How can we slam the door on them...
...reform law to stop illegal immigration is not going to work. We have to attack the problem where it starts: on the border and in Mexico. There is no mention of beefing up border patrols or of promoting economic reform in Central America. Trying to solve such a serious matter with mere wrist slapping and paperwork is like trying to stop a tidal wave with an umbrella...