Word: lawfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson, a leading liberal economist from M.I.T., argued that a budget-balancing amendment would be "suicidal [because] economics is so inexact a science and the future is so unpredictable." Conservative Economist Arthur Burns, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, counseled Congress to enact a law requiring a balanced budget "and then, if it works well, take the constitutional route." Another conservative, Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, "with great reluctance" conceded that some form of amendment is "the only way in which we can permanently curb [deficit spending...
...avoiding a nationwide strike and exempting military and medical supplies, the union obviously hoped to thwart any move to impose an 80-day cooling-off period under the Taft-Hartley Act. To get a court order under the law, the President must show that a strike will endanger the nation's health or safety...
...keyed assault on Callaghan for mismanaging the nation's affairs. "Never has our standing in the world been lower," she declared. "Britain is now a nation on the sidelines." She summed up Britain's needs in a phrase tailored to campaign-poster type: "Less tax and more law and order." In his scornful, witty reply, Callaghan brought down the House by skewering the minor parties for forcing an election in which they may lose heavily. "This is the first time in recorded history," he said, "that the turkeys have been known to vote for an early Christmas...
...sponsoring a nationwide boycott of J.P. Stevens, the second largest textile manufacturer in the nation, because of alleged labor law violations...
Under Pennsylvania law, a defendant must pay 10 per cent of the bail figure, making Einhorn's effective bail $4000. DiGirolamo said an unidentified third party paid...