Word: limits
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...share of the U.S. population. The House can satisfy the states which have grown bigger by increasing its membership (pegged at 435 since 1911) or by taking away Representatives from other states.* Nobody really wants to increase the size of the House; it is already unwieldy enough, has to limit debate to get things done. Probable reshufflings...
Says Mr. John: "I don't know any grocer or anybody else who wants to stay small. They all dream about building something bigger. The whole country's growing-our cities, schools, labor unions, everything. I don't see how any businessman can limit his growth and stay healthy...
...resolution attacks certain provisions for a network of detention camps, an "arbitrary" restriction of immigration and travel, and a limit to naturalization...
Concluded Mohler: "When the season is over, and you've bagged your limit, tie your partner to the fender of your car and come home. He'll look lovely over the mantel...
Tougher orders were in the works. Over the protests of the building industry, NPA was drawing up orders to limit construction of such "frivolous" enterprises as dance halls, nightclubs, race tracks and bowling alleys. The order, it was estimated, would save $500 million worth of steel, cement and other construction materials a year...