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There is scant evidence for that, too.
Even more astonishing is his flippant dismissal of Reagan's economic program--a dismissal visible in the very scant attention he gives it in this 700-page book and in his remarks at several points about how bored he was to hear Reagan talk about it.
Although this deal is widely described as balancing the budget by 2002 while offering the first major tax cut since 1981, there is scant discussion today about how this feat can really be achieved, when for instance, the budgeteers abandoned proposals to charge wealthier senior citizens higher Medicare premiums and to raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67.
Chris Patten, who himself comes from the "wet" side of the Tory fence, sharply increased social spending in his budgets, the business community thundered (rightly, I happen to think) that the proposals had been introduced with scant regard for long-term implications.
Albright's biographers offer an inspiring narrative of how she succeeded in becoming secretary of state, but they offer scant grounds for evaluating what has happened since.