Word: warranting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American will actually face a net tax increase because of inflation, higher tax brackets and rising Social Security obligations. Some House Democrats last week said they were willing to compromise by accepting a third-year "trigger" under which the tax cuts would continue only if the economy seemed to warrant it at the time. So far, the White House is holding out for a firm third-year commitment to cut again...
Peter Alzado does not yet speak verse well enough to warrant being entrusted with both the Duke of Burgundy and the herald Montjoy. But Isabelle Rosier is an unalloyed delight as the 19-year-old princess Katharine, whom Henry woos with inadequate French even while wearing the correct French motto of the Order of the Garter embroidered on his leg riband...
Indeed, weaving an indictment, and ultimately a conviction, out of such slender threads may prove difficult for Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slaton. Just a few days before he authorized Williams' arrest, Slaton had told reporters that the case was too weak to warrant the move. Why the D.A. changed his mind was the source of much speculation. According to some reports, Slaton's hand had been forced at a meeting he attended at the mansion of Georgia Governor George Busbee two days before Williams' arrest. Sources in both Atlanta and Washington confirmed that such a gathering...
...information it needed in order to complete a review of the matter. Consequently, although no evidence of any violations had been determined, in May other Ivy institutions were informed of the matter by Yale through their respective general counsels' offices...This inquiry is not finished. Should the facts warrant it, the NCAA and the Ivy League will be informed...
...questioning at Atlanta FBI headquarters as "accusations and threats the whole time." He submitted to three lie-detector tests and said he was told that "all my answers were deceptive." This, he explained, might be attributed to his nervousness. Other evidence was sought after authorities obtained a search warrant for Williams' home. They confiscated a yellow blanket, purple robe, dog hairs and fibers from a carpet and bedspread. Some of the evidence is said by police to be "encouraging," though final laboratory tests comparing it with trace evidence found on victims are not yet complete...