Word: slash
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...members of Congress are now not only targeting federal research grants but are proposing to slash some federal financial aid as well...
...bill, which awaits consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee, would slash the annual employment-visa quota from 140,000 workers to 90,000 within a year of its passage. Some companies that hire immigrants would have to pay a fee of $10,000-or 10% of each worker's salary, whichever is higher--for worker training. Simpson also wants to require some new arrivals to be proficient in business English, and would limit the stay of foreigners transferred to the U.S. from a company's overseas branches to three years--vs. a five-to-seven-year limit today. To increase...
...Forbes readily concedes when he is questioned, his flat tax would deliver a double windfall to the wealthy: it would slash taxes on top salaries more than a third and eliminate taxes on savings and investments, including dividends, interest on savings, capital gains, inheritances and Social Security benefits. A family earning $1 million a year, for example, would save $168,836 in taxes under the Forbes plan--a cut of 68%. Pollster Frank Luntz, who market-tested the House Republicans' Contract with America, says his surveys and focus groups show that middle Americans don't mind if the wealthy...
...include a biography of himself in the Pittsburgh media guide. Then there's Steeler coach Bill Cowher, who has the full respect and backing of both his players and his community. And the Steelers themselves are a no-nonsense, humble bunch, complete with their own Deion Sanders: Kordell ("Slash") Stewart, their quarterback/wide receiver/halfback. If Super Bowl XXX were a morality play, the Steelers would be two-touchdown favorites...
...SLASH IT, CUT IT, SHUT IT DOWN. The raging rhetoric in Washington's budget battle has revolved mostly around government spending cuts: who must take the pain, and how much of it. But as the dealing moves into what may be the final stages, the other side of the balance sheet--taxes, specifically tax cuts--has become just as contentious a battleground: who will get the payoff, and how much of it. With both sides closing the gap between their spending plans, the focus will turn to the proposed $245 billion G.O.P. tax reduction and Bill Clinton's $98 billion...