Word: lation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...popular clamor, according to most Congressmen, is for legis lation to protect industries--and jobs--threatened by foreign competition. Reagan, an avowed free trader, tried to deflate congressional pressure last week by threatening to retaliate against several countries, including Japan, if they do not curtail unfair trade barriers against various U.S. products, ranging from leather shoes to canned fruit. But Congress will not be easily assuaged. Declares Louisiana Democrat Buddy Roemer: "My district says that America is Uncle Sam, not Uncle Sucker. Lead, Mr. President...
...Taylor fears that perhaps a third of his 12,000 employees would lose their jobs because of the resulting duplication of services. Both to head off First Chicago and to open the door to banks like New York-based Chemical, Continental attorneys last week were helping to draft legis lation that would permit a takeover by an out-of-state U.S. bank. Current Illinois law limits potential buyers to institu tions based in the state or in a foreign country...
...graders in Washington, D.C., for example-the Fitler experience has application far beyond Philadelphia. As Fitler Parent Carmela Dunyan puts it, "The school systems screamed against disciplinary actions until we had created a monster we didn't know what to do with. Then a segment of the popu lation wanted to go back. What we wanted was to have a teacher in control of a class and a principal in control of the school...
...deciding whether to switch from oil to gas, owners must place the potential saving against the cost of conversion, which can be substantial. The cheapest way to change over certain types of oil furnaces or boilers in good working condition is to pay $800 for the instal lation of a gas burner. But often conversion means spending $1,200 for a new gas furnace or $1,900 for a gas boiler. Moreover, customers whose houses are far from streetside mains have to pay to have a gas line installed...