Word: uproars
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...hike in the top corporate tax rate, currently 34%, as well as a broad-based energy tax. But the President backed away from hints that he might seek a one-year freeze on Social Security cost of living adjustments, after trial balloons to that effect caused a predictable uproar among the elderly and their friends in Congress. Clinton called on Americans to hear the "alarm bells in the night" about the economy. But as the COLA episode suggested, some Americans are bound to find cause for alarm in his solutions. (See Cover Stories beginning on page...
...complaints of a double standard within the bureau, last month, shortly after the OPR report was made public, senior aides decided they would delay action against staff members who were accused of disobeying rules that the director himself had allegedly broken. But Sessions promptly overruled them, which heightened the uproar. Clinton's aides are privately saying they hope Sessions resolves the situation by resigning...
...suit has since been dismissed, but the charges live on, putting the city in an uproar and prompting a new look at racism in baseball. Atlanta Braves executive Hank Aaron called for an investigation. The N.A.A.C.P. hopes to use the controversy to compel Schott to hire more minorities; of 45 front-office staff, only one Red is black. Jesse Jackson has talked with Schott and wants to discuss hiring practices with other baseball-team owners as well...
...went widely unrecognized among military personnel, who barraged the President-elect with bitter criticism, arguing that homosexuals would undermine good order and morale. The tight personal living arrangements in the military, many Pentagon hands contend, are different from the 9-to-5 world of civilians. But for all the uproar, there were signs that Clinton was winning support. Polls show a majority of the public favors lifting the ban. In contrast to Senator Sam Nunn's harsh criticism, House Armed Services Chairman Les Aspin was quietly supporting the initiative. Even General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...with just 68 seconds left here in Walter Brown Rink, with Harvard's bench in an uproar and BU Coach Jack Parker in a frenzy, the Crimson tried to cast off the curse with every eye of new, tongue of bat and magic wand it had. But with Captain Ted Drury panting and heaving from exhaustion--along with the rest of the top line--the Crimson had only smoke and mirrors...