Word: suggest
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...other hand, recent success monetary policy in reducing inflation suggest that a return to the easy money of the 1970's is unlikely. The outcome of the budget debate will thus have a very strong impact on interest rates, the value of the dollar, and U.S. competitiveness. It will not be the only in-fluency, however. Passage of tax reform legislation could also have a major bearing on competitiveness. At present U.S. tax policy favors sheltered domestic industries, notably housing, shopping centers and office buildings at the expense of other areas, notably manufacturing. The Treasury's tax reform proposals would...
...what was happening. At the end, two veteran Washington antagonists even indulged in some genial clowning before journalists at the Hotel Intercontinental. As Perle waited for an elevator, his rival, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Burt, slipped behind him and impishly poked two fingers above Perle's head to suggest devil's horns...
While the level, scope and quality of our programs would suggest an agency of much larger capacity, the Foundation is a small, part-time secretary, and three part-time student employees. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources or staff to canvass the University. Our students assistants, secretary, and I will generally contact invitees by telephone, espcially when our honoree gives us short notice of an arrival date or changes the date of the visit altogether. No doubt we will miss some interested students and faculty members in our guest selection for certain events. But in due course we hope...
...Suggestions that Nancy is grabbing for power, determining policy like a modern-day Edith Wilson, make the President peevish. Says he: "A part of the false image-making has been to suggest that she is some dominant force behind the scenes." She is uncomfortable discussing the nature and extent of her influence. "I read that I make decisions and I'm the power behind the throne, and that I get people fired," she says. "I don't get people fired...
...over the military. If Ogarkov has indeed become a sort of political commissar, it would be an ironic appointment for a career officer with a reputation for being at odds with the party's views on military strategy. The precise reason for his demotion remains unknown; Western military analysts suggest that the marshal might have been dismissed because he favored a conventional over a nuclear buildup...