Word: controls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even if the regulators were brought under strong central control, many would still require a much tighter hand on the purse strings. This could be achieved by requiring "economic impact statements," which would spell out the costs of new rules against the benefits. Alternatively, a new regulatory board could draw up for Congress an annual regulatory budget or calendar that would set out, in time for opposition to be heard, the costs and benefits as well as a timetable for new rules. Either idea would focus attention on the climbing cost of regulation and go a long way toward dampening...
...slow technical progress, reduce U.S. competitiveness in the world, hamper exports and thus further weak en the dollar. The imperial regulatory juggernaut has clearly gone too far and, in an inflationary and recession-threatening age, the nation can no longer afford the luxury of costly and in efficient Government control...
While the Saudis' loyalty to the dollar for the moment is firm, much mystery still surrounds their investment policy. World attention has been caught by the exploits of rich individual Saudis like Ghaith Pharaon, who bought control of the National Bank of Georgia from Bert Lance...
...icemen from Troy broke through in the second period for another two-goal outburst. RPI grabbed a 3-2 lead at 9:04 on a goal by junior right winger Ronn Tomassoni. A Crimson defensive lapse gave the Engineers their fourth goal less than two minutes later. Slack, in control of the puck behind the Harvard net, spotted Pete DeCenzo completely unguarded in the slot. DeCenzo didn't hesitate in rapping Slack's set-up past Lau's left side...
Other anarchists echo Nason's criticism. "I think it's harmful to delegate authority to other people, like elected officials. It's much better to retain control over our own lives," Ann Kotell, a member of Black Rose, an organization which sponsors an anarchist lecture series at MIT, says. "The state has murdered more people and created more misery and horror than any of the problems it sought to alleviate ever...