Word: somethingness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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A. Just take the savings and loan thing, which I know something about. The absence of a strong spirit of professionalism and independence in the Home Loan Bank System and in the FSLIC ((which insures S and L depositors)) certainly had something to do with the weaknesses of the supervision...
A. In a way that's easier. There was a perception that things were going from bad to worse on the inflation side and that something ought to be done. The ((Carter)) Administration had got deeply concerned. They said to me they were scared of this exploding inflation and were...
A. Frankly, I am not very good at planning things way in advance, of doing great studies about what should be done over a period of time, because it all seems very abstract. And I find it very easy to be lazy unless something compelling comes along and says, look...
America, meet Barbara Bush, taking center stage in national life just in the knick of time. Nancy Reagan had many good qualities, but she was, well, something of a strain: those rail-thin looks, that hard-edged show-biz glitter and no children or grandchildren around to mess things up...
The showdown will probably come next summer when Congress and the Administration decide how to meet the $100 billion Gramm-Rudman deficit ceiling. After an extended bout of recrimination and finger pointing, both sides will have to agree to raise taxes or cut some $30 billion to $40 billion from...