Word: limitation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cajolery--talents the President did not use to great effect in the last session of Congress. Before his plan has a chance of success, he will have to convince Congress to accept his "lean and austere" budget, Labor to hold down its wage demands, and Big Business to limit its price hikes. Along with miscellaneous other programs, these are the steps that Carter sees as necessary to curb rising prices...
...often stolen) yachts. These mother ships, as they are called, are monitored by the U.S. Coast Guard at a series of "choke points" as they work their way north through the Caribbean. But American authorities have little power as long as the drug ships hover outside the twelve-mile limit of U.S. territorial waters. Using sophisticated electronic equipment, the smugglers on these mother ships monitor Government surveillance and attempt to rendezvous with souped-up speedboats and pleasure craft that dart out from the U.S. coast at night on duty-free shopping sprees, just as in the old rum-running days...
Kieley added because of Adams' "good food" and proximity to the Yard, it was necessary to limit the number of interhouse diners. Only 45 students from other houses may eat at Adams during each meal...
...prospect alarms many constitutional experts, who fear that a convention could not be limited to a single issue, thereby creating a sort of open season for tampering with the Constitution. In addition, many experts also oppose writing a flat prohibition on deficits into the Constitution. One reason is that it would holster an important weapon in coping with recession. Moreover, many doubt that a no-deficit amendment is practical. Robert Bork, Yale's conservative law professor and former U.S. Solicitor General in the Nixon Administration, attempted for several months to draft a constitutional amendment that would limit federal spending...
...qualified victory last week in the first major union settlement under President Carter's wage guidelines. After tense talks, the oilworkers finally wrapped up an agreement with Gulf Oil and Amoco. The deal more or less stays within the White House wage standard, which calls for a limit of 7% on pay and new benefit increases over the life of a contract...