Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stewart Alsop, to write: "Failure to communicate is Stevenson's great weakness, which he must somehow overcome in the few campaign weeks that remain if he is to have, a ghost of a chance of winning." -It is the 22nd Amendment (1951), not Ike's age, that limits him to two terms, will likewise limit all subsequent Presidents...
Frozen Fingers. Domestically, Adenauer's decision to limit the conscription period to twelve months had one great advantage: it would help to counteract the public hostility incurred by his Christian Democratic Party in passing conscription in the first place. (By last week the mayors of 135 German communities had refused to draw up lists of citizens eligible for the draft.) Internationally, however, it seemed likely to get West Germany into hot water. Even before the week was out the North Atlantic Council, meeting in an emergency session, publicly questioned the wisdom of the Chancellor's action and formally...
Housing Boss Albert M. Cole predicted that the changes would be reflected in increased housing starts by year's end. But bankers and builders were not so sure. The real trouble is a drastic shortage of mortgage money because of the limit of 4½% interest on Government-backed mortgages v. up to 6% on conventional mortgage loans. Said San Francisco Builder Carl Gellert: "Congress next year should raise interest rates on VA mortgages, making them flexible so they can respond to the tight-money market. Money is like any other commodity. If you make the terms attractive...
...basis of rent complaints in Brighton and Brookline, where landlords have collected an estimated $1.5 million in increased rates since January, legislators from those districts are being urged to propose a bill which would limit the rate of increase to 10 per cent within a two-year period. Talk of setting up a Fair Rent Commission is also circulating...
Jordan exphasized that Radcliffe could not continue to increase gradually its number a year without straining its present facilities past their limit. Therefore, any expansion would have to be of large dimensions, and until funds are received for expansion the student body must remain...