Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...complaint is rather frequently heard at Harvard, that all resident students are required to purchase a compulsory 21 meal per week board contract, even though statistics show that the average student eats only 14 meals per week. We believe that many residents of Harvard College desire a choice of meal plans, which would allow them greater flexibility and possible monetary savings, as compared to the present 21-meal plan...
...decision, which stems from a 1975 FTC complaint against the A.M.A. and two Connecticut member societies, Barnes ordered the association to "cease and desist" from prohibiting advertising. He also ruled that after a two-year interim, the A.M.A. could issue a new set of ethical guidelines on advertising but only "after first obtaining the permission and approval...
...episode illustrates just why cutting a federal budget is so difficult. Essentially, Harris says she wants about $1.5 billion more than OMB is willing to give her in order to continue subsidized housing construction at close to the present level. OMB objects to her complaint, arguing that what is really pinching HUD's housing money is its plan for a new $1.3 billion demonstration project involving mixed-income rental housing. OMB insists that if that costly project was shelved, HUD would indeed be able to build almost as many new housing units as it says it wants. Whoever...
Three times last week Sadat spoke to Carter on the telephone, explaining why the timetable was so important to Egypt and the rest of the Arab world. He rejected the Israeli complaint that he was raising the ante in negotiations by placing more emphasis on the issue than before, although it was true that he had strengthened his case during the Blair House talks...
...regulations may often be admirable, the same cannot be said of the means. Over the years, the thrust has changed for the worse. In the early days, the purpose was to guard against abuse by telling employers what they were forbidden to do. Today business people commonly echo the complaint of Willard Butcher, president of Chase Manhattan Bank: "Washington has begun to dictate not only what we must do but also how we must do it." Alfred Kahn, the former head of the CAB who is now Carter's anti-inflation chief, insists that "the best lesson...