Word: hamper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...benefits--health-and-pension plans, the right to strike at a local level if unsafe conditions are involved--figure as prominent issues. To end arbitrarily a strike in which conditions of the workplace and health-and-pension issues occupy the center stage would not only be wrong, and perhaps hamper workers in other industries--but to end unsuccessfully a strike in what is known as the nation's most hazardous industry would be criminal...
...added that the absence of five voting ACSR members from Wednesday's meeting did not hamper the ACSR's deliberations, because "there was still a diversity of viewpoints at the meeting, and we're no where near the voting stage...
...survive the senate. He was also overridden on two vetoes. One of the measures banned the use of state funds for abortions for women on welfare, the other legalized the use of the controversial drug Laetrile for the treatment of cancer. Both vetoes outraged Illinois conservatives, and may hamper Thompson's quest for the Republican presidential nomination. But he has no regrets: "I wouldn't compromise just because it might cost me votes in some conservative sections of the state...
Nothing unnerves businessmen more than the Carter proposal to toughen the treatment of capital gains, and tax them at the same rates as salary income. Such a change would further hamper capital investment, which is crucial to economic progress and job creation. This centerpiece of the tax program is the most likely to be deferred. Yet Carter will probably attempt to raise taxes on income earned abroad by subsidiaries of U.S. corporations and on export earnings of companies that set up domestic international sales corporations. He may try to pare deductions for gasoline taxes, sales taxes and medical expenses...
...action. It's a safety valve. The people don't do any better and they don't do any worse than the legislators." Washington-based officials of the U.S. Conference of Mayors tend to agree, although they point out that too much reliance on referendums could hamper effective government. If they had a direct say in every decision, voters conceivably could turn down even the most vital tax increases. Charles F. Hermann, a political science professor at Ohio State University, generally favors going to the people, but warns: "We may need ground rules. It seems there...