Word: spoutings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington, where rhetoric and reality constantly collide, the "stealth budget" will enable the President to continue to spout his well- worn 1988 campaign bromide -- "Read my lips, no new taxes." How can he get away with it? Because that bugaboo of the Republican right, the income tax, was left untouched. Instead, Administration and congressional budgeteers hiked levies on oil and chemicals, advanced the collection dates for various taxes, and increased fees on such items as tickets for international air travel and cruises. Except for a leap in the amount of personal income subject to Social Security taxes from...
...amendment concerning the constitutionality of ROTC should have been defeated in order to allow an intelligent discussion of the military's policies. Despite the restriction on commentary not relevant to the issue of constitutionality, speakers at the last council meeting were allowed to spout off about the issue's merits. But the vote that followed pertained only to constitutionality. The two issues, merits and constitutionality, became confused. The losers were the democratic process and the legitimacy of the Undergraduate Council...
Some critics consider peace recruiters unpatriotic or blind to the opportunities the military offers disadvantaged youngsters. Others charge that they spout ideology, not information. But many students seem to appreciate peace promoters' efforts at consumer education, even if they do not always follow the advice. After listening to a member of the War Resisters League, Philip Jee, 17, a senior at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, remained unshaken in his determination to become a Navy pilot. "It made me think," he said of the presentation. "But it didn't make me change my mind...
...monument. After a family tiff prompted him to sell the Louisville Courier-Journal and other media properties in 1986, the former publisher put $2.6 million from the sale into financing what is supposed to be the world's tallest (400 ft.) floating fountain. Its 41 jets will spout 15,800 gal. of Ohio River water every minute in a 20-minute computer-controlled cycle of designs, culminating in the fleur- de-lis, Louisville's official symbol. Tens of thousands gathered Friday night to watch the fountain's spectacular debut. Bingham was not among them. He died four days earlier...
...children's drinking fountain. "I deserved a drink of water for that, didn't I?" she chirps after finally taking a sip. Disabled adults are trained in sewing and other rudimentary work skills. Children with motor handicaps struggle to master tasks like folding a washcloth or negotiating the spout of a milk carton...