Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...voted upon. In fact Congress will have a difficult time simply passing the appropriations bills or the other necessary housekeeping measures it must enact annually. The performance of the first session of the 88th Congress to date is one of the best arguments ever for immediate and effective Congressional reform...
Dillon could not have been more eager to grease the legislative wheels. He promised that the Administration would not fight the House version, even though it is not wholly satisfactory. And as for tax "reform"-as opposed to reduction-Dillon said that this could wait until another...
...apparent willingness to get a bill at any price, Dillon drew an angry rebuke from liberal Illinois Democrat Paul H. Douglas: "By not having a virile stance in favor of tax reform, you have permitted the reform provisions to be gutted." There was also a partisan slap from Tennessee's Democratic Senator Albert Gore, a key member of the Finance Committee (see box), who accused Republican Dillon of "subverting the economic liberal policies of the Democratic party at the Washington level." Added Gore: "When the country votes conservative it votes Republican. I don't know...
Political enmity heated up the feud over territory. Hassan, a reform-minded but high-living monarch, preserved his ties to the West, kept on thousands of French teachers and technicians to help independent Morocco get started. This policy of moderation was abhorrent to austere, leftist Strongman Ben Bella and his vindictive brand of socialism. The Algerian regime launched a virulent propaganda war against Morocco...
...deskman but a roamer who pops into offices, huddles on the run with his young and fanatically loyal staff, often takes off in one of the company's private planes to close a sales deal if he thinks his presence will help. He has led a civic-reform drive in Youngstown, is an opera buff who collects old Caruso records and prefers Tristan and Isolde above all other operas...