Word: wage
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what you can get from the Democrats in Congress," says a Bush adviser outside Government, "they're going to attract more fire from the conservatives." Instead, Bush will soon emphasize his toughness on two issues dear to the right: his veto strategy to "hold the line" on the minimum wage and his plan to build more prison cells. As a wry college coach once put it, the trick is to keep the alumni "sullen but not mutinous." A few outright partisan victories might help...
...different context, council members said they expected nothing less than to wage political campaigns on campus political issues. The question for next fall is simply whether they were prepared for the consequences...
...opposite danger, of course, would be to overestimate Poland's ability to institute Western-style reforms. Poland could become eligible for additional World Bank and IMF loans -- but only after implementing economic restrictions, including strict wage controls, that are bound to alienate Polish workers. At the moment, neither Jaruzelski nor Walesa can afford the political price tag attached to such a bargain...
...same time as ARAC members pointed to well-attended events and small but symbolic victories like Lee's about-face, ROTC advocates mobilized to wage a campaign of their...
...military's function to wage war and to defend the country. It is the University's role to promote academic freedom and the open exchange of information. These two goals are incompatible, in time of war or peace...