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...what may be a fruitless endeavor, the Freshman Union management has limited the amount of fruit per person to two pieces per meal in order to curb waste and theft...
...with countries that violated fair-trade practices, and proposed setting up a $300 million U.S. war chest to help domestic companies boost their exports. The goal was to water down the protectionist frenzy that has been taking over Congress. Last week, though, the House passed a bill that would curb textile imports from the twelve nations that are the leading suppliers by an average of 40%. The Senate is expected to begin considering a similar bill this week. Baker's measures of the past month constitute a new Reagan Administration policy in international economic affairs. During its first five years...
...Wondrous chemical potions have been a great aid to mankind, easing pain, alleviating disease, prolonging life, spurring food production and serving as the catalyst for countless useful products. But once discarded, many of these concoctions, or their by-products, turn killer, and the U.S. has no choice but to curb their lethal ways...
...year-old debt crisis seemed at last to be improving. Mexico, which owes $96 billion, and Venezuela, a $35 billion debtor, had persuaded bankers to stretch out many of their loans. Adhering to their agreements with the IMF, the Latin countries were struggling to reduce inflationary government spending and curb expensive imports. Even Argentina ($50 billion), which last year took a defiant stance toward its creditors, successfully froze wages and prices last summer and issued a new unit of currency, the austral, which is equal to 100 old pesos. As a result, Argentine consumer prices rose only 2% last month...
...textile, or textile-shoe, bill is the forerunner of more than 200 measures that would curb imports. There are bills that would reduce imports of ^ copper, timber, even roses and "waterbed mattresses, liners and parts thereof"; bills that would penalize all imports from particular countries --mainly Japan, naturally--or groups of countries; bills that would require regular intervention in exchange markets. Many are based on a crude idea of reciprocity: buy more from us or we will buy less from you. Thus a bill drafted by Democrats, but boasting strong Republican support as well, would slap a 25% penalty tariff...