Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long-term impact on the economy is difficult to gauge. On Wall Street, the prospect of Gramm-Rudman's passage helped spark a stock-market rally that sent the Dow Jones industrial average surging past the 1500 mark on the hope that lower deficits will bring down interest rates and spur growth. But some leading economists castigated the budget-balancing bill in the most scathing terms imaginable. "It is," said Walter Heller, who served as President John Kennedy's chief economic adviser, "economically capricious, socially unfair, militarily risky, constitutionally questionable, politically irresponsible, procedurally perverse and administratively outlandish...
...FRIENDS in UHall, we've packed full our sled With gifts for the group newly joined by L.Fred. To the new dean we're happy to offer our cheer For a term without scandal, and alcohol-free beer. Our pal Archie Epps deserves something new: A break from the grind, a year off or two. We hear you, Steve Ozment; too bad we're alone--About our education you care, and with us you moan Of arbitrary grading and professors who bore, So to you our thanks; of action let's see more...
John and Joe shook their heads emphatically. What Elliott said wasn't true, John said, unless you "use the term girlfriend very loosely...
...bearing has been set for January 9. If found guilty, Walsh could face a fine of up to $1000 and a one-year prison term...
...Republican Leader Robert Michel. Once known somewhat patronizingly by White House staffers as "our guy," Michel described his refusal to follow Reagan's recommendation as "a personal trauma." His defection, along with that of other prominent Republicans, is a sign that the President's personal popularity in his second term has failed to translate into congressional support...