Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...court-three Marine generals (including a Medal of Honor winner and an expert on military law) and a top Navy surgeon-agreed. Schwable was exonerated completely because he "resisted this torture to the limit of his ability to resist." His treatment "constituted reason able justification," the court found, recommending that "no disciplinary action be taken...
...total exports were up in the first quarter, there was a 7% drop from a year ago in exports "to the U.S. Even so, world traders were so bullish on the British economy that last week the pound rose to $2.82, the highest since February 1953 and the limit under present exchange regulations...
...total of $10 to $12 billion in new money. Last week, with 1954's big volume of financing less than one-third completed, an old problem returned to haunt the Treasury Department. Last year, when Congress brusquely turned down an Administration request to boost the $275 billion debt limit to $290 billion, the Treasury managed to scrimp along under the old limit. Now, because of heavy tax receipts in March, the national debt is down to $271 billion. But it is expected to rise when corporate tax receipts fall sharply by year's end. (Corporations are paying...
...faced with mounting resentment, the Committee has two alternatives on the conduct of the inquiry. It can continue the hearings as they are now being run, allowing each side to present all its witnesses, or it can limit the inquiry to only one or two of the principles. Senator McCarthy has endorsed the second alternative, saying that he has far more important matters to resume. This alternative, however expedient, is only a shortcut to distortion. By denying either side full freedom to present its case, the Committee would give the public an incomplete picture of the controversy. Equally important...
...part of the Alcan project was originally conceived as a $100 million job, with MK's fee pegged at $2,200,000-subject to a 50% cut if costs went beyond a certain limit. Costs have soared, and M-K may make less than $1,000,000 for its more than three, years' work in subzero temperatures and blinding blizzards that often buried camps under many feet of snow. The men are well aware that heavy construction is one of the most dangerous of all industries. To date, 48 men have been killed on the Alcan project...