Budgetese and the budget language confuses reporters
Washington coverage describes the budget process jargon called Budgetese. James C. Miller of the OMB defends the terms like Gradison baseline and current services while reporters and accountants admit confusion. The piece notes Stockman’s role in coining phrases such as social safety net and magic asterisk and mentions revenue enhancements as a euphemism for tax increases.
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Washington
James C. Miller
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Miller
Associated Press
Stan Collender
Touche Ross & Co
Callender
ABC
Katt
Phil Gramm
Gramm
Stockman
Congress
The
Christian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times
Tax loopholes endure in sweeping reform claims
A 1986 newspaper analysis notes that despite promises of broad tax reform, many loopholes remain or expand. It highlights Packwood and Chaffee backing for timber writeoffs, Rhode Island bond and gift-reporting exceptions, Roth and Delaware changes, and various sector exemptions including reindeer, ministers pensions, and university research.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House
Senate
Sen
Bob Packwood
Senate Finance Committee
Packwood
Oregon
Rhode Island
John Chaffee
Cross Pen Company
Chaffee
Delaware
United States
William Roth
Roth
John Danforth
R-Mo
Alaska
Ted Stevens
J.J. Pickle
D-Tex
University of Texas
Austin
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Newspaper Enterprise Asst
Mortgage maze of six months to refinance a home loan
Leonardtown Md author chronicles a painful refinancing odyssey from April to six months, with double 60 day deadlines, new termite tests, and retested water quality. Costs balloon to about seven thousand dollars as brokers lawyers and banks drag the process, leaving the borrower in limbo.
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Leonardtown
Maryland
Benjamin Franklin
Begonias
Trey
Mort Sahl
Ben Franklin
Newspaper Enterprise Assit
Gadhafi’s long political life and Western stumbles
Roy Meachum argues that U S actions by Reagan and Britain backfired by boosting Muammar Gaddafi’s status amid a hostile media campaign. He notes Libyan oil revenue collapse, public rallies, and Syria as a possible culprit behind a Berlin attack, with Meachum criticizing U S policy toward the Arab world.
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Billy Carter
Reagan
Muammar Gaddafi
Libya
White House
Gaddafi
Washington
U.S
Tripoli
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Cairo
Nasser
Suez Canal
France
England
Israel
Tel Aviv
Middle East
North Africa
Moarmmar Gaddafi
Ronald Reagan
Europe
NATO
Britain
London
Paris
United States
Syria
Berlin
Roy Meachum
News-Post
Reagan’s White House maidlinked ammo case sparked gossip and scare
A former Reagan White House maid Anita Castelo faced charges for illegal shipment of ammunition to Paraguay. The story riffs on possible consequences for Nancy Reagan and even hints at a potential tell‑all book about White House closets, clothes, and habits.
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Nancy Reagan
Paraguay
Anita Castelo
U.S
Castelo
Ronald Reagan
Central
South America
Reagan
Nancy
White House
Larry Speakes
Jinlens
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Ron Scherer
Robert J. Wagman
Tom Tiede
Gadhafi
Andy Rooney
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