Word: relief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...necessary to bring inflation down to an acceptable rate. Since the program aims at reducing the rate by only half a percentage point a year, that could take a very long time. Price increases actually slowed down to a 7% annual rate in the third quarter, a welcome relief from the 11 % pace of the previous three months, but the rate is expected to average around 8% for 1978 as a whole and to be running at about that pace by year...
Typically, students who agree to a fast donate the price of their meal to a sponsoring organization, which transfers the money to hunger relief programs overseas. Such fasts require CHUL approval...
Riding high on a 4-0 lead, the stickwomen eased off a little, but the day was not yet complete. Sarah Mleczko rounded out the scoring for the Crimson with her eighth goal of the season, a drive that streaked past relief goalie Lynn Coram at a sharp angle...
...White House. Jimmy Carter postponed a planned weekend trip to Camp David and Press Secretary Jody Powell quipped that "the President's afraid to leave town." Domestic Adviser Stuart Eizenstat patrolled outside the conference room, lobbying for Carter's position that an increased share of the tax relief go to lower-and middle-income taxpayers. Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal was consulting constantly with Congressmen; among other things, he warned them that a tax bill would be vetoed if it contained, as the Nunn amendment did, "restraints" on future federal budgets. The committee bowed to the pressure and substantially...
...final shape of the bill began to emerge, it seemed clear that, as with nearly all complex legislation, it would completely satisfy no one. But because the measure gives some tax relief to the nation's inflation-besieged electorate, Carter, despite his disappointment over the lack of reform, was expected to sign the bill. This would be good news for the tired members of the 95th Congress; they would then be able to nail a tax cut to their election-campaign banners...