Word: enaction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sorts. She proposed that mandatory passive restraints-air bags that inflate and then rapidly deflate upon collision or seat belts that automatically wrap around riders when they close their doors-be phased in beginning 1986. But she added a major loophole: the regulation would be rescinded should enough states enact laws requiring the use of manual seat belts...
...consensus of rumor, backstage gossip and onstage evidence, this is Michael's show all the way. The opening dispels any doubts on that point. In a blitzkrieg of light, sound, lasers and smoke, shambling creatures that resemble Big Bird's pal Mr. Snuffle-Upagus re-enact a short, skewered version of The Sword in the Stone. The young man who yanks the steel out of the rock turns out, of course, to be our Michael, and the lasers reflecting off the blade into the far reaches of the stadium make him look for a moment like a dashboard...
...project is not, however, without its detractors. Since the negotiators have no legal authority to enact their recommendations many observers are reserving judgement on the project until it produces significant results. A handful are even more critical, calling the study frivolous and off base...
...negotiators have no legal authority to enact their recommendations and many, including key members of the project, are uncertain how many of the ideas will actually come to fruition...
...House measure would provide a grace period of 15 months to the 29 states and the District of Columbia that now permit the sale of alcohol to 18-to 20-year-olds. Any state that failed to enact the new federal standard of 21 by 1987 would lose 5% of its federal highway funds for that year and 10% in 1988. There is little doubt that the threat of losing highway money, amounting to tens of millions of dollars in populous states, would press most noncomplying legislatures into action. Says Idaho State Representative Linden Bateman: "If the federal legislation passes...