Word: cutoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inflation was the issue when Fraser, then leader of the Liberal opposition in parliament, called last fall for a cutoff of funds for the Whitlam government. An impasse ensued. Finally in November 1975, the Australian governor general, using a little known emergency provision, sacked Whitlam and replaced him with Fraser, who would remain the caretaker prime minister until elections were held next month. Throughout the campaign Whitlam argued his sacking had been unconstitutional. Although he originally won broad support with that appeal, the inflation issue triumphed in the end. A landslide deposited Fraser in the prime minister's office...
...compare spending this year with earlier, freewheeling election years, notably 1972, is like contrasting a Volkswagen with a Rolls-Royce. A little frugality is clearly in order-but not the cutoff of federal matching funds to candidates, which has sent several campaigns reeling and has all of them hurting. Most desperate is the plight of Democratic Rear-Runner Fred Harris. But more serious contenders for the nominations, such as Republican Ronald Reagan and Democrat Mo Udall, who failed to win early primary tests, are being severely handicapped...
...coffers has been useful but the funds have also led to a dependency which Bok does not view as entirely benign. In the past decade, he writes, the government has assumed an increasingly active and direct role in the affairs of private universities. Because they could not survive a cutoff of funds, the institutions have had to tolerate "unwise" and "intrusive" regulations in such areas as privacy of student records, affirmative action, retirement pension plans and protection of human subjects in scientific research...
...cutoff times for all events has plunged drastically since last year's tournament. Qualification time in the 50 yard breaststroke a year ago was 36.7 seconds and within a year has fallen to a blazing...
...Cyprus until a "legitimate representative" of the island republic had signed. During a private meeting, Ford offered Turkish Premier Süleyman Demirel $50 million in grant aid if he would return control of military bases in Turkey to the U.S. Angry over the U.S. Congress's cutoff of aid, Demirel refused (see story page...