Word: socially
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jazz has always been associated with Black consciousness," Townsend says. "Jazz was one way to express their problems with society. One of the reasons that musicians get involved with jazz is because it [jazz] goes beyond the music, it has often had social implications...
...Social issues including concern for the homeless and the hungry has drawn well-known personalities including author Alice Walker and jazz musician Don Braden '85 to serve as masters of ceremonies for the Jazz for Life concert since the event's inception six years...
Specifically, insiders doubt the president's ability to bring down the $155 billion deficit--a hand-me-down from the Reagan era--without raising taxes or making massive social spending cuts, as he has promised. Even many staunch Republicans say Bush's spending plan will not be enough to keep the federal government...
...problem for Bush, observers say, is that the promises he made in the campaign mean tough cuts for other programs. Already, he has pledged not to touch Social Security, and has suggested he would not cut Medicare. Moreover, while Bush has said he would trim the defense budget, he has said he would limit it only to the level of inflation...
...flexible freeze program means somebody's ox is going to get gored," says Grandy. "People are saying we can't freeze entitlements and we can't touch Medicare, and we certainly can't touch Social Security. That's probably true. But the bottom line is the lion's share of our government spending goes to those benefits, and unless they address them some way, it's going to be damn difficult to balance a budget on remaining expenditures, including defense...