Word: restrictions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...taxes should be used only to pay for roads and bridges, as they mostly are now, and not to cut the deficit. Besides, with taxes already ranging from Georgia's 7.5 cents per gal. to Wisconsin's 20.9 cents, state leaders are worried that a higher U.S. levy would restrict their ability to increase their own rates. Georgia Governor Joe Frank Harris has proposed a 6 cents raise in his state's 7.5 cents tax, and last week Governor Michael Dukakis asked for a 6 cents increase in Massachusetts' 11 cents levy to help balance his budget...
After a proposed license-renewal law aimed at the elderly foundered on charges of age discrimination, Florida enacted regulations ordering all new residents, regardless of age, to pass both written and driving tests. "There's a great need to gradually restrict licensing," says Jane Lange, director of the medical-review program for Arizona's department of motor vehicles. "People age at different rates, so, ideally, it should be done on a case-by-case basis...
Treatment for hyperactivity includes psychological counseling, special diets that restrict artificial flavorings and preservatives and, most typically, medication with such amphetamines as Ritalin and Dexedrine. For unexplained reasons, these drugs, which usually act as stimulants, dampen impulsive behavior in hyperactive youngsters and enable them to concentrate longer. Up to 750,000 American children now take drugs to control ADHD; that figure is expected to reach 1 million by the early 1990s...
...water port with excellent facilities to service its large Indian Ocean fleet. From there, Soviet ships could control access in or out of the Red Sea, a choke point of global importance. South Yemen refuses to accord the U.S.S.R. full base rights for its navy, and is rumored to restrict port calls by Soviet warships to twelve a year. But bunkering and repair services are always available...
...entering its seventh year, the expansion is straining against a shortage of workers and plant capacity. According to economists surveyed by Time, the resulting inflationary pressures will force the Federal Reserve to restrict growth. But the risk is that the Fed will hit the brakes too hard and put the economy into a stall. -- A stock scandal exposes the cozy ties among Japan' s power elite...