Word: prohibitions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Federal laws prohibit Avon from touting Skin So Soft as a repellent, but the company is clearly not pestered by its secondary usage. Sales for products in the Skin So Soft line, including a lotion and a cream, are expected to jump 40% this year, to $40 million...
...Ralph Nader-backed consumer group called Voter Revolt to Cut Insurance Rates is pushing for Proposition 103, which would slash rates 20% and force companies to win regulatory approval before raising prices again. The insurance companies are staunchly opposed to any new government regulation. The measure would also prohibit firms from charging unusually high premiums solely on the basis of location (see illustration...
...long. "People moved to the suburbs because they want low anxiety," Portman says. "We must bring them back to the center city. The pedestrian bridge is a part of that." Now, however, Atlanta zoning officials are considering a recommendation by the 300-member Central Area Study group to prohibit further skywalk construction downtown. As the novelty value of skywalks palls and as more cities realize that downtown vitality is a function of far more than ultraconvenient shopping, urbanites can only hope the fad will continue to fade...
Federal labor laws explicitly prohibit employers from questioning employees about their support for a union, or harassing them for such support...
...screening for all workers except security guards and those with access to controlled substances. The new law was necessary, said Senator Edward Kennedy, to protect people from "20th century witchcraft . . . inaccurate instruments of intimidation." An employer could still test a worker reasonably suspected of wrongdoing. But the bill would prohibit firing or disciplining an employee solely on the basis of a polygraph test -- or a refusal to take...