Word: sacrosanct
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Monde observed: "The American arguments would have carried more weight if the U.S. had adopted a more responsible attitude on energy pricing; if several years ago they had developed the means to export their abundant coal reserves; and if, finally, Mr. Reagan had not in the name of the sacrosanct laws of the market, compromised the financing of synthetic fuels on the grounds of profit...
...shuddering, sobbing hulk of a man who cannot remember the first lines of a play he has performed 426 times. Sir's wife (Rachel Gurney) and his longtime stage manager (Marge Redmond) are all for canceling the performance, but Norman adamantly invokes the theater's sacrosanct commandment without actually uttering it-the show must go on. Norman pleads with Sir, he prods, he cajoles, he utters the hypnotizing words ("a full house"), catapulting the fragile tyrant out of a trance and onto the stage...
Last week, however, the formerly sacrosanct farm subsidies came under a surprising assault in the Senate. Rejecting the increases proposed by its agriculture committee, the chamber trimmed milk price supports, once the most sacred of cows. Protection for peanut planters was also reduced...
...even the plans for military spending are sacrosanct...
After the meeting, the White House announced that the President would soon propose major new cuts in federal spending. To emphasize his determination to balance the budget, Reagan has tentatively decided to trim $13 billion from his once sacrosanct defense spending goals over the next three years. His only alternative would be a politically risky move to reduce Social Security benefits. Defense, Social Security and interest on the national debt make up about 60% of the budget, and other programs have already been slashed to barebone levels, prompting street demonstrations by labor unions and other angry groups. Without rollbacks...