Word: waging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...role in the gulf war did not come without a price, monetarily and otherwise. Tehran's voracious appetite for weaponry with which to wage the conflict led directly to the Iran-contra affair, the secret attempt by the Reagan Administration to ransom U.S. hostages in Lebanon with arms for Iran. In 1987, largely to prevent the Soviet Union from assuming a greater role in the region, Washington agreed to reflag Kuwait oil vessels with the Stars and Stripes and escort them through gulf waters under U.S. naval protection. That decision sparked some Democratic demands for Reagan to seek congressional approval...
Some things grow better with age, but the minimum wage is not one of them. For seven years it has languished at $3.35 an hour, and the purchasing power it provides, ravaged by inflation, has dropped steadily: in 1975 dollars, it is worth only $1.55. A breadwinner earning $3.35 an hour would have to work 52 hours a week every week just to clear the $9,044 official poverty level for a family of three...
...both Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and Vice President George Bush campaign on the need to wage an effective "war on drugs," several bills are pending in Congress which would deny federal aid to colleges and students unless they are deemed drugfree...
David Brinkley's Washington Goes To War takes the latter view. And Brinklev's description of the transformation of a sleepy, provincial Southern town into an energetic, thriving capital of action and power is more than your typical tale of war-time rationing and wage and price-controls. It is a fascinating portrait of the institutions, issues and individuals that dominated Washington from September 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland and America began its belated preparations to enter the war, up to mid-1945, when the Japanese surrendered...
Many businesses resist raising wages, fearing that the higher cost will put them at a disadvantage vis-a-vis their competitors. But the minimum wage may be moving up. Congress is debating a bill that would increase the minimum 30 cents to 40 cents an hour each year for the next three years, bringing the rate to $4.55 by 1991. Supporters of the legislation contend that workers need the boost to keep up with rising prices, since the minimum wage has lost 22% of its purchasing power since the last increase in 1981. Opponents, including business lobbyists, believe the hike...