Word: taxingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, everyone tried for a while to make the marriage work. With not a single Republican on their side, Democrats risked much by passing Clinton's bold package of tax hikes in 1993. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, a freshman elected by a fluke from a G.O.P. district, reluctantly cast the vote that put it over the top in the House. Republicans on the other side of the chamber waved their hankies at her and chanted, "Bye-bye, Margie." (Sure enough, she was gone in the next election, along with many other Democrats who had come to town on Clinton's coattails...
However much Gephardt may be longing for order, his is an uphill fight. Democrats who feel that Clinton is a serial traitor to the party, shutting them out of his budget deals with Republicans, hanging them out to dry on difficult votes, bullying them into accepting tax hikes and then denouncing them for it, going over their heads at every opportunity, are not hastening to his rescue now. Californian Henry Waxman, a plausible candidate to support Clinton, summed up the mood: "He's an embarrassment to people in his own party. Even if it's not impeachable, no one wants...
...with me? First, make sure you can handle the pain that's going to come before the gain. Understand that a lot of investors who took capital gains earlier this year are going to be looking to offset those gains with losses between now and year's end, for tax purposes. They're going to sell some of their losers, including oil-service stocks. So while these stocks are attractive now--otherwise, remember, insiders wouldn't be buying--their prices might well go lower before they go higher. Decide how much you want to invest, and start buying immediately...
...parliament, the old East German communists -- reconstructed as the Party of Democratic Socialism -- made a surprisingly strong comeback, gaining a total of 35 seats. That leftward tilt gives Schroeder a firm mandate to fulfill his promise to reverse Kohl's welfare cuts. But when it comes to pushing through tax and labor reforms, Green doesn't necessarily signal...
...says that filmmakers are increasingly taking advantage of tax breaks in Canada and Europe, where foreign cities are serving as stand-ins for Boston...