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...provision would also hamper medical research, which often creates such wastes as a by-product. While the wording actually exempts for biomedical research, scientists insist that this is a lark, because these researchers would have to set up their own disposal sites--a highly expensive, if not economically impossible proposition. Legislators are effectively handling this issue, and citizens should allow then a free hand to continue, and vote...
...refused to call for a formal commission of inquiry. Only after days of rising protest did Begin agree to ask Supreme Court Chief Justice Yitzhak Kahan to conduct an investigation. If he undertakes the assignment, Kahan will probably not have the power to subpoena witnesses, which will surely hamper his probe. By appointing Kahan to the task, Begin quieted some of his foes and bought himself a little time. But his government was in deep trouble, and his rhetoric last week suggested that he knew...
Harvard's other current major legislative objective is the prevention of proposed immigration reform, Coddington said. One proposal being considered would force foreign scholars to leave the country after a specific number of years. If enforced, this would seriously hamper Harvard's policy of "hiring the very best people worldwide," he added
Although freezing fog appeared to hamper the British at week's end, time was indeed running out-and not just for the besieged Argentine soldiers. Britain's rapid drive toward the island capital had touched off an eleventh-hour flurry of diplomatic activity that sought to prevent a final bloody battle, which could make a bad situation worse. A head-on clash at Port Stanley could not only lead to appalling casualties on both sides but further inflame Latin American bitterness against both Britain and the U.S. It might also allow the Soviets to gain influence...
...board regulations, however, are the political realities which supply the context for the rent board's decisions. Although the city council recently approved unanimously a symbolic resolution to show its continued support of rent control, four of the nine council members--known as Independents--repeatedly support resolutions that would hamper the enforcement of the city's housing policy by, among other methods, denying the board adequate funding to defend its decisions in court. Since any rent board decision may be appealed to district court, this threat, along with other political ploys, help to push the board away from a strictly...