Word: wakeful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that seemed all too symbolic of a refusal by both Congress and the White House to face the danger that $200 billion deficits will lead to an increase in interest rates that could kill off the economic recovery. Dole took the Senate floor to deliver what amounted to a wake-up call for action when Congress reconvenes after Labor Day. "We will have to raise taxes," said Dole bluntly. "But we will have to cut spending first...
...major university without teams of researchers poking and prodding babies. The number of studies of infant cognition has tripled in the past five years, according to Psychologist Richard Held of M.I.T. A conference of experts in Austin last year heard more than 200 research papers ranging from "Sleep-Wake Transitions and Infant
...attempt of Clark's rivals, "the civilians," to grab more power. The tension thickened in February, when Clark tried unsuccessfully to oust Press Spokesman David Gergen against Baker's wishes. Though Clark failed in that effort, his position in the White House is even stronger in the wake of the debate briefing book flap, which reflected unfavorably on Baker and Gergen...
...agency's board were farmers and small businessmen who were neophytes in the nuclear business. Whoops used three different designs for the five projects, which suffered from repeated delays and huge cost overruns. Like all nuclear plants, the Whoops projects faced costly Government regulation in the wake of rising public concern about the safety of reactors and the growing strength of the antinuke movement. By 1982 the total projected price of the five plants had exploded from $4.1 billion to $23.8 billion...
...when the second energy shock hit, in 1979, when OPEC increased prices from $13 to $24 per bbl. in the wake of the Iranian revolution, the Japanese had learned to deal with oil shortages. They not only survived that crisis, they prospered. Industrial production was up 10% during the second half of 1979, and oil consumption was down 2.8%. In the first two quarters of 1980, the gross national product went...