Word: taxingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Republicans are betting the next Congress on a showdown with Bill Clinton over tax cuts. The challenge will be getting to the big game in one piece. As the GOP leadership gets ready to stampede a massive cut through the Senate this week, they?ll be stepping on the toes of not only the White House and the majority of economists, but some moderate members of their own party ? just like the House leadership did last week. Rhode Island Republican John Chafee is leading a handful of fellow moderates and Democrats who want to split the tax-cut difference between...
...just isn?t there right now. Even fellow Republican and economic icon Alan Greenspan is in on the finger-wagging. In testimony before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday, the Fed chairman more or less repeated what he told the House last week: In this time of economic plenty, tax cuts aren?t bad, but debt repayment ?- and preparing for boomers? retirements ? is a whole lot better. And while the Senate leadership shouldn?t have much trouble ramming their bill through by Thursday, Republicans will eventually have to face down the critics in their own party. "The two bills are very...
...toughest thing to do with a stock that's been good to you is sell and pay the tax. But unless you're a lifer, now is the time to lighten up. Already car stocks have begun to erode, slipping 16% in the past two months--amid glowing results. The market is telling us something...
Before the night is out, he has managed to estrange Pierre from both his wife and his mistress and to bring the tax collector (played with wonderful avidity by Daniel Prevost) down on him. But in the end, for all his clumsiness, Francois proves himself the better man--warmhearted and unworthy of the contempt that has been so richly visited upon...
Cozying up to Taiwan is a Republican tradition as cherished as tax cuts. In 1980 Ronald Reagan defied his advisers and pledged to re-establish official relations with Taipei. Facing defeat in 1992, George Bush authorized the sale of 150 F-16s to Taiwan. Even Bob Dole talked about building a missile-defense shield over the Pacific to protect Taiwan from Chinese aggression...